title: Real time chat using Ionic and laravel at API end
body: <p>I am working on some ionic app where laravel is used for api's . There is some demand on having a real time chat functionality . </p>
  
  <p>I have been trying to use something like socket.io . </p>
  
  <p>SO question is without changing stacks , how can i achieve it . My current stacks are <b>cordova , ionic and then laravel mysql </b> for server side . </p>
  
  <p>can this be achieved with current stack ? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for the help in advance .</p>
  
  <p>Cheers!</p>