Notify via SMS (text message)

[miniu]

I have a notify of changes by e-mail, but I would like to send them also a notification via text message, is there any possibility to do that?

[miniu]

Ok I found it.

 

for example:

 

2672220000@txt.att.net

 

So it will be send as an e-mail just add the number of the person and then the service provider and it works. Now I have to figure it out how to add the service provider automatically to the e-mail, because they will only provide me with the cell phone number. 

 

If someone know, please let me know.

[mmarif4u]

Ok I found it.

 

for example:

 

2672220000@txt.att.net

 

So it will be send as an e-mail just add the number of the person and then the service provider and it works. Now I have to figure it out how to add the service provider automatically to the e-mail, because they will only provide me with the cell phone number. 

 

If someone know, please let me know.

 

Every cell phone company have different numbers start with. For example, 1st three digits 015, match that numbers with the service provider. Save it in database or your script. and use if statement to send different sms using different service providers.

 

[miniu]

I was thinking that the first digits depending of the state and not the provider? How can I define the providers? which numbers are those providers numbers in the cell phone number?

[tomfmason]

instead of reinventing the wheel I would use a third party api like http://www.zeepmobile.com/ (free but ad supported)

[tomfmason]

even better - http://www.udefn.com/pub/api.aspx

[inversesoft123]

I use database and for sms request I use curl.

[miniu]

looks good, but there will be no sms panel on the website. My users receiving right now e-mail notification but in they profiles they providing me also with they cell phone number and I want to use just that number for example $cellphone to send this notification by e-mail and also by sms. So he will receive for example two message one goes ro user@usermail.com and the second goes to phonenumber@cellphoneprovider.com

 

So I will not use a text form, it is just to use it for notify.

[miniu]

I use database and for sms request I use curl.

 

how you define the service providers like AT&T Verizon ....

[teamatomic]

This is what I made for a base to send weather SMS's. Not really much to it.

 

$from = $_POST['from'];
$to = $_POST['to'];
$carrier = $_POST['carrier'];
$message = stripslashes($_POST['message']);

$headers = "From: $from\r\n";

if ($carrier == "verizon") {
$send = $to."@vtext.com";
}

if ($carrier == "tmobile") {
$send = $to."@tomomail.net";
}

if ($carrier == "sprint") {
$send = $to."@messaging.sprintpcs.com";
}

if ($carrier == "att") {
$send = $to."@txt.att.net";
}

if ($carrier == "virgin") {
$send = $to."@vmobl.com";
}

if ($carrier == "alltel") {
$send = $to."@message.alltel.com";
}

mail("$send", "Weather Widget SMS", "$message", "$headers");

[miniu]

Thank you but how is this code getting the information from the users cellphone number? How does it know that this number is a AT&T number or T-Mobile number?

[teamatomic]

You have to ask for that when you get the number. There is no sure way to tell the provider by just the phone number due to number portability, local/regional cell providers and major acquisitions and territory swaps.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[miniu]

You have to ask for that when you get the number. There is no sure way to tell the provider by just the phone number due to number portability, local/regional cell providers and major acquisitions and territory swaps.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

 

so you suggest that I should also ask the user to add the provider too?

[teamatomic]

Yup.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[miniu]

ok, thank you