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Firstly thank you for looking at this issue. I have very basic understanding on HTML and even less of PHP. I have set up two files on a test server with an API send to a SMS broadcast however the test messages are not displaying the data entered in the HTML form. 

 

I am sure the issue is probably incorrect formatting but I have sat here for two hours trying combinations without success.  

 

Basically I need a HTML form that an operator enters data and it sends this in a SMS via API using a PHP script. There is more I need to do to this script but If i get the basics issue here answered I might be able to navigate my way through :)

 

Please see below:

 

HTML FORM:

 

<html>
<body>
 
<form action="xy2p1.php" method="get">
 
Pick Up Date: <input type="text" name='date'><br>
Pick Up Time: <input type="text" name='time'><br><br>
Pickup Address: <input type="text" name='pua'><br>
Drop Of Address: <input type="text" name='doa'><br>
Passenger: <input type="text" name='passenger'><br>
No of Pax : <input type="text" name='pax'><br>
 
<input type="submit">
</body>
</form>
</html>
 
now this should send the data to the PHP file which is named as per the form action above.
 
PHP FILE
 
<?php
    function sendSMS($content) {
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $content);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        $output = curl_exec ($ch);
        curl_close ($ch);
        return $output;    
    }
 
    $username = 'xxxxx';
    $password = 'xxxx';
    $destination = 'xxxx'; 
    $source    = 'SampleCompany';
    $text = 'date','time','pua','doa','passenger','pax';
    $ref = 'abc123';
        
    $content =  'username='.rawurlencode($username).
                '&password='.rawurlencode($password).
                '&to='.rawurlencode($destination).
                '&from='.rawurlencode($source).
                '&message='.rawurlencode($text).
                '&ref='.rawurlencode($ref);
  
    $smsbroadcast_response = sendSMS($content);
    $response_lines = explode("\n", $smsbroadcast_response);
    
     foreach( $response_lines as $data_line){
        $message_data = "";
        $message_data = explode(':',$data_line);
        if($message_data[0] == "OK"){
            echo "The message to ".$message_data[1]." was successful, with reference ".$message_data[2]."\n";
        }elseif( $message_data[0] == "BAD" ){
            echo "The message to ".$message_data[1]." was NOT successful. Reason: ".$message_data[2]."\n";
        }elseif( $message_data[0] == "ERROR" ){
            echo "There was an error with this request. Reason: ".$message_data[1]."\n";
        }
    }
?>

 

 

Any ideas where i am going wrong?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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You should be more specific. What exactly does the script do? Crash? Show an error message? Send a wrong SMS? The var_dump() function is very helpful for analyzing variables and figuring out what's going on.

 

What is this line supposed to do:

$text = 'date','time','pua','doa','passenger','pax';

 

Thanks for your reply!

 

The script sends the data to an API for SMSbroadcast.com.au to send out to my drivers. 

 

The stock PHP from SMS Broadcast is:

 

<?php

    function sendSMS($content) {

        $ch = curl_init('https://api.smsbroadcast.com.au/api-adv.php');

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $content);

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

        $output = curl_exec ($ch);

        curl_close ($ch);

        return $output;    

    }

 

    $username = 'USERNAME';

    $password = 'PASSWORD';

    $destination = '0400000000'; //Multiple numbers can be entered, separated by a comma

    $source    = 'MyCompany';

    $text = 'This is our test message.';

    $ref = 'abc123';

        

    $content =  'username='.rawurlencode($username).

                '&password='.rawurlencode($password).

                '&to='.rawurlencode($destination).

                '&from='.rawurlencode($source).

                '&message='.rawurlencode($text).

                '&ref='.rawurlencode($ref);

  

    $smsbroadcast_response = sendSMS($content);

    $response_lines = explode("\n", $smsbroadcast_response);

    

     foreach( $response_lines as $data_line){

        $message_data = "";

        $message_data = explode(':',$data_line);

        if($message_data[0] == "OK"){

            echo "The message to ".$message_data[1]." was successful, with reference ".$message_data[2]."\n";

        }elseif( $message_data[0] == "BAD" ){

            echo "The message to ".$message_data[1]." was NOT successful. Reason: ".$message_data[2]."\n";

        }elseif( $message_data[0] == "ERROR" ){

            echo "There was an error with this request. Reason: ".$message_data[1]."\n";

        }

    }

?>

 

What I need is the various fields entered in the HTML to be combined on in the $text field as sent out as a message. I hope this makes sense. 

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So the only line of code you've written yourself is the one I've already asked you about:

$text = 'date','time','pua','doa','passenger','pax';

Long story short: This is not valid code. Like every language, PHP has a specific syntax, and if you want your code to run, you need to learn and apply those syntax rules. Codeacademy has a crash course for PHP which can help you with that.

 

I'm guessing you want string concatenation:

$text = $_GET['date'].' '.$_GET['time'].' '.$_GET['pua'];    // ... and so on

But again, you have to learn the syntax.

 

Blank pages also mean you haven't set up a proper test environment. Install XAMPP (or similar software) on your PC, then make PHP display all errors directly on the screen.

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