I'm interested in knowing if it would be at all feasible to be able to send text messages via PHP. The main purpose of which would be to send a single message to a group of people - 10+ - with updates regarding news and such. Preferably the solution should be free, though it is not a necessity in any way. Thanks to all in advance.
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If this is, for example, an internal reporting application, usually the easiest way to get SMSes out to people is to use their telecom service providers' email-to-SMS gateways. This requires that said service providers have them, but the majors all do. All you do is find out the email address to send to in order to SMS to each person and use mail() or some such to send an email there.
chaos
2009-09-05 14:39:02
This seems like an excellent solution, however, I seem to be having a bit of trouble finding the email-to-SMS gateway for 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_%28telecommunications%29). Specifically its Irish branch. (http://three.ie) Is there any way I might be able to find out its gateway? Thanks in advance.
Onion
2009-09-05 15:09:59
I can't find anything on them. Doesn't help that their name makes anything about them almost impossible to Google for. You should probably contact their customer service and ask.
chaos
2009-09-05 16:11:50
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I'm interested in knowing if it would be at all feasible to be able to send text messages via PHP
Of course, it is feasible ;-)
Everything can be done, in PHP ;-)
For more informations, you can take a look at these questions/answers, which provide some useful informations :
There are several providers that you can use as gateway to send SMS ; still, probably not free (SMS are not free, after all, generally speaking) -- but costs are not that big...
Pascal MARTIN
2009-09-05 14:42:08
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I've done this with PHP, and it works very well. Text messages are nothing more than an email, usually with the receiver's 10 digit number @address.com. If you want to send text messages to someone with PHP, you'll need to get the proper address:
You'll want to be careful with how long your messages get, since at about 55 characters (I believe) your message can be either split into multiple texts, or lost.
Sending texts via email is free.
Fiarr
2009-09-05 14:42:52
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To be able to send text messages as in sms you will need a sms gateway, this can be setup very easily. I have created in the past an app that converts an email into an sms via php using the pear mail lib, and you can also do it the other way around where an sms is converted into an email... the only tricky part would be getting an sms gateway that provides a very friendly interface
Ronald Conco
2009-10-29 20:05:46