Christoph Rumpel выступил на конференции PHP сообщества CODEiD Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, Skype, and Telegram have more than three billion active users combined! This led messenger platforms to open their doors for application development on their chats and started the rise of these applications. We all know them today as chatbots. ⠀ Chatbots are much more than a hype. They change the way we communicate with companies and are bringing customer support and personalization to a new level. But what does the technology behind look like? ⠀ In this talk, I will show you all the tools it takes to build a chatbot in PHP. You will see what it’s like developing and testing chatbots for multiple platforms and how NLP (Natural Language Processing) services can help you to understand the user. CODEiD – это всеукраинское сообщество PHP-разработчиков. Наша цель — создать сильное сообщество всех, кто увлечен PHP-разработкой, и принимать в нашем уютном приморском городе коллег со всей Украины и мира.

1. The PHP Developer Stack
for Building Chatbots
Christoph Rumpel

2. THE STACK
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3. ABOUT ME

4. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL
Web Developer

5. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL
Web Developer
PHP / Laravel
Chatbots
Talks
@christophrumpel
christoph-rumpel.com

6. CHATBOT BASICS

7. A chatbot is just a service behind a chat
interface.

11. TIM

12. Slack Notification from a user who needs help

13. LARAVEL
QUIZBOT

14. LARACON EU

16. WIENER
STÄDTISCHE

17. Why became chatbots so popular?

19. FACEBOOK MESSENGER
1.3 BIL.
Whatasapp
1.3 BIL.
Wechat
889 MIL.
Skype
300 MIL.
Telegram
100 MIL.

20. #installation
#relationship #costs
#automatic
#24/7
#beWhereYourUsersAre
#history
#naturalLanguage
BENEFITS

21. Reach people you usually couldn't
To use a better interface
MAIN USE-CASES

22. THE STACK
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Chatbot Basics

23. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

24. Facebook is recommending Node.js.
Do I have to use it as well?

25. Some kind of account
HTTP-based API
Platform-based features
HOW MESSENGERS WORK

26. Facebook Curl Command
Telegram Curl Command

27. Insomnia REST Client - Send Telegram Message

28. PHP can send HTTP requests !
Messengers don't care
PHP is great again
Use a language you already know
REASONS TO USE PHP

29. THE STACK
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Chatbot Basics
PHP

30. PHP FRAMEWORK

31. A chatbot looks different,
but still is like other applications.

32. Databases
Caching
Routing
Authentication
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POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS

33. THE STACK
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Chatbot Basics
PHP
PHP Framework

34. CHATBOT FRAMEWORK

35. BotMan PHP Library

36. One Codebase
Multiple Messengers
Expressive Syntax
3900 GitHub
FEATURES

37. Marcel Pociot
Creator Of BotMan
Open Source Fan
30+ PHP Packages

38. Syntax
Drivers
Conversations
Testing
BOTMAN EXAMPLE

39. THE STACK
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Chatbot Basics
PHP
PHP Framework
BotMan

40. NLP SERVICE

41. Natural language processing is about
how to program computers to understand
natural human language.

44. Dialogflow Intro
Intents / Training
Dialogflow + BotMan
NLP EXAMPLE

45. THE STACK
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Chatbot Basics
PHP
PHP Framework
BotMan
DialogFlow

46. RESOURCES

47. My Blog
BotMan Docs
BotMan Course
Chatbots Magazine
Build Chatbots with PHP
RESOURCES

48. store.christoph-rumpel.com

49. THANKS

50. QUESTIONS?

51. THANKS AGAIN