tibberous Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Is there a way to fax, from PHP, without using an existing service? I was thinking maybe something like: PHP Script > Fax Listener Program running on Windows, connected to fax machine Any ideas? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 google is a friend use it http://www.interfax.net/en/dev/webservice/samples/fax_php_faxstatus.html http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=php+fax+code&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-628962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 That's for use with interfax though right? I've never used SOAP, but isn't that just a way to send it off to them? "ou need to register to InterFAX in order to use the Fax Web Service. You may register as a regular user, or as a developer." Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Did you have a look through the google results? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 Did you? None of them are particularly helpful, which is why I was hoping to find someone who had done it before. I did find a service that charges $8.00/month without a per fax cost. It's outbound only, but I still think that might be easier than spending the time to setup a system - especially when you consider that my way would tie up a computer, and possibly our fax lines. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 This may help, i found this post using google http://www.zend.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=2705&S=d7368cdaab31e365b9df0b2abd8d87aa Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 That's still using the interfax service... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Read it, first line,second reply There is no direct way to send a fax from within PHP. Therefore you will need to use something other than just PHP Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 "There is no direct way to send a fax from within PHP." That's just coming from a guy on a message board, and I'm guessing incorrect. At worst you might have to use an extension or a shell command, in the same way if you want to convert video you have to use ffmpeg or memcoder. I didn't say I didn't want to use something in addition to PHP, I just didn't want to use a web service I'd have to pay for. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I didnt read much about the SOAP one, but why cant you use that? (its free isnt it) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I doubt you can get it done on Windows with shell commands. On Linux, you can check out the efax package which contains efix, efax, and fax. efix converts images to faxes and then efax and fax are used for getting faxes and setting everything up. Doesn't have to do with the actual eFax service by the same name, lol. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/121890-faxing-from-php-without-using-a-service/#findComment-629886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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