Punk Rock Geek Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 My goal is to be able to enter text into a form, click submit, and then that text will be sent to every phone number I have entered into a database. The actual coding for this part doesn't sound too complicated. The problem is to do with something called an "SMS Gateway." I have no idea of what that is. I don't know what it does. I don't know how or where to install it. But apparently, I need one? I came across a free one from Kannel.org. It was only after I read the installation instructions did I notice that this probably isn't what I want. 2.4 How do I unpack and compile the gateway? These instructions work with Linux systems, but should be generic enough for other Unix-like systems: gunzip < gateway-VERSION.tar.gz | tar xvf - cd gateway-VERSION ./configure make (Replace `VERSION' with the version number of the gateway you downloaded.) Kannel's program is made in C++, and I need something PHP specific. Is anyone able to help me out here? Do I need a SMS Gateway, and if so, do you have any recommendations? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/148410-send-text-messages-to-phones-using-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi There are loads of companies selling SMS services on a pay basis. All the best Keith Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/148410-send-text-messages-to-phones-using-php/#findComment-779220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prismatic Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi There are loads of companies selling SMS services on a pay basis. All the best Keith Not needed... Most providers allow you to simply email a phone an SMS, go here for a list http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/148410-send-text-messages-to-phones-using-php/#findComment-779225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daanoz Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It depends in which country you live... Here in the netherlands i use such a SMS gateway... it works by signing up to their site, by which you obtain an username and password. When you wanna send a sms, you just post a XML to their service with the username + password and contents of the sms, and they will deliver it to the phone. should be easy to find, just type sms-gateway <country> in google and it should send you to the proper spot cheers Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/148410-send-text-messages-to-phones-using-php/#findComment-779228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Not needed... Most providers allow you to simply email a phone an SMS, go here for a list http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ Very interesting, although doesn't appear to work for Orange (who I am with). All the best Keith Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/148410-send-text-messages-to-phones-using-php/#findComment-779492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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