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Send a Text Message

You'll need a TextMagic account and to download their PHP helper which they provide after signing up.

// Include the TextMagic PHP lib
require('textmagic-sms-api-php/TextMagicAPI.php');

// Set the username and password information
$username = 'myusername';
$password = 'mypassword';

// Create a new instance of TM
$router = new TextMagicAPI(array(
	'username' => $username,
	'password' => $password
));

// Send a text message to '999-123-4567'
$result = $router->send('Wake up!', array(9991234567), true);

// result:  Result is: Array ( [messages] => Array ( [19896128] => 9991234567 ) [sent_text] => Wake up! [parts_count] => 1 )

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  1. Rishi Kulshreshtha

    Hi Chris, nice one. First of all thanks for such an informative post, but what if I’m using a framework for an instance CakePHP will this method work with it?

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  2. Will Vincent

    Rishi: The ‘correct’ way to do this with something like CakePHP or Zend would be to set up the TextMagic API as a third party library. But even just including it as Chris has demonstrated here would work, yes.

    Framework or not, at the end of the day it’s still PHP. ;)

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