drranch Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hello all! I know that PHP uses mail() to send out an email, but does PHP have the ability to send out to a pager? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHP_PhREEEk Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Not directly, no. But if you find a web service that is connected to a telephone exchange and can ring the pager, you can use PHP to interact with their service's web form. PhREEEk Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-386524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 This may be of some use to you: http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/sms/ if not; try this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SMS+with+PHP&btnG=Google+Search Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-386527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHP_PhREEEk Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 This may be of some use to you: http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/sms/ if not; try this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SMS+with+PHP&btnG=Google+Search Re: SMS That's text messaging, which is different than an analog pager (old skool device). A pager requires a telephone exchange to ring the pager number, which then prompts a tower to send a signal to the pager. Maybe he meant text messaging... if so, I do that all the time with PHP scripts just sending mail() to my cell provider's website. PhREEEk Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-386528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 that's right it is text messaging - but most people these days have cell phones that are SMS compatible and not many people have pagers any more - your right about that; it is "old school". Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-386529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drranch Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 So SMS is old skool? Then it wouldn't apply to sending a page to a blackberry or smart phone. So to page these devices I would use there provider number.... mail([email protected]) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-387254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 If the Pager has Alpha Numeric Service, most carriers will allow a message to be sent via the Web. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/76343-php-send-out-notification-via-pager/#findComment-387305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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