Socket.io polling 404 in Laravel - node.js

Question

I am trying to implement a chat app with Socket.io
in to my Laravel app. The chat app works fine on it's own,
but I am having problems to make it work in Laravel.
I try to serve Laravel on port 8000 and the chat server on 8000.
I use Express 4.8.0 and Socket.io 1.0.6, Node 0.10.29 and nodemon for testing.
//server.js:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require("http").Server(app);
var io = require("socket.io")(http);
http.listen(8000, function () {
console.log('listening on *:8000');
});
app.use('/', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.get("/*", function (req, res){
res.sendFile(__dirname + "/index.php");
});
//client.js:
var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:8000');
//html - dependencies, I tried all these:
<script src="//cdn.socket.io/socket.io-1.0.0.js"></script>
{{ HTML::script('/socket.io/socket.io.js') }}
<script src="http://localhost:8000/socket.io/socket.io.js" ></script>
<script src="{{asset('/socket.io/socket.io.js')}}"></script>
and then for the client side (own code)
{{ HTML::script('js/client.js') }}
The CDN version of Socket.io gives constantly these kinds of logs:
"GET http://localhost:8000/socket.io/?EIO=2&transport=polling&t=1407425555977-15 404 (Not Found)".
The others ones just gives a js file not found log:
"GET http://localhost:8000/socket.io/socket.io.js 404 (Not Found)"
//folder structure:
/public
/js
client.js
/node_modules
server.js
Can anyone see what I can do to make it work?
EDIT
//server.js
var socket = require('socket.io');
var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var app = express();
var server = http.createServer(app);
var io = socket.listen(server);
io.on('connection', function (socket) {
console.log("Connected server");
}
server.listen(8000);
//client.js
var socket;
$(document).ready(function () {
socket = io.connect('http://localhost:8000');
});
//When I typ the global "socket" object in the log it says:
connected: false
disconnected: true

Answer 1

This is because you have set it up incorrectly. I had the same exact problem you did (same errors and basic code layout). You need to do npm install socket.io --save while in the base directory of your page (the same as where your index.php file is located). Then you have to do the same for express (npm install express --save). You also have to change your server code. Change the creation of io from:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require("http").Server(app);
var io = require("socket.io")(http);
To:
var socket = require('socket.io');
var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var app = express();
var server = http.createServer(app);
var io = socket.listen(server);
Then remove the app.use and app.get as they are no longer needed for how this is going to be done. Then add server.listen(8000); at the end of the server.js. For dependencies, use: <script src="//cdn.socket.io/socket.io-1.0.0.js"></script>. Then, to run your server, go to it in terminal and type node server.js. Then just connect to it with your client. Also, for events, in the server, use:
io.on('connection', function (client) {
client.on('someEvent', function(someVariables){
//Do something with someVariables when the client emits 'someEvent'
io.emit('anEventToClients', someData);
});
client.on('anotherEvent', function(someMoreVariables){
//Do more things with someMoreVariables when the client emits 'anotherEvent'
io.emit('anotherEventToClients', someMoreData);
});
});
And in your client code:
socket.emit('someEvent', variables);
socket.on('anEventToClients', function(something){
//Code when anEventToClient is emitted from the server
});