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SMS using PHP

• Internet usage has dramatically increased over
  the last few years, and today we hardly imagine
  our lives without it. With approximately 1.8
  billion websites registered online as of 2021,
  it can be challenging to keep customers.
  Therefore, developers employ strategies to keep
  users informed one of them is text messaging
  integration.
• Because of the challenging learning curve,
  extensive community support,
• open-source nature, and many other factors, PHP
  is one of the preferred choices for server-side
  applications. Three methods are described in this
  article for sending SMS from your PHP web
  application. You must choose the approach that
  best suits you after I outline the advantages
  and disadvantages of each.
• Using SMTP will be covered in general detail in
  this article.for multi-channel notification
  services, SMS API, and SMS. After that, we'll get
  technical as I lay out the options available,
  explain how to incorporate them into your
  application, and then we'll talk about the
  benefits and drawbacks of each approach.

1. SMTP usage The most popular method for sending
emails that are created by a system is called
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Different
libraries offer SMTP services based on the
backend programming language. Using PHPMailer
and SwiftMailer for PHP apps, for example, and
Nodemailer for Node.js applications However, the
focus of this tutorial is on how to send SMS
texts. I will be using 3rd party application to
act as the middleman between the Mail server and
the mobile phone.
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• Send SMS PHP Using SMTP
• The above illustration shows a 2-way
  communication line in The blue arrow illustrates
  how an SMS is received from the mobile network
  and sent to an email client (like Outlook) via an
  email server using the SMTP protocol. Of course,
  you may disregard the blue arrows if all you're
  interested in is email forwarding.
• It calls for two things
• The phone number you're looking for.
• Name of Carrier (Many can be found through this
  list).
• For the majority of carriers, the conventional
  procedure is as follows (May not be applicable
  to all nations.)
• You don't need PHP if all you need to do is send
  an SMS. Assume, for instance, that your phone
  number is 5555551234 and that Verizon Wireless
  Network is your network provider (A large
  network provider in US and Canada). Then You can
  send the message by entering 5555551234_at_vtext.com
  in your email client. The recipient of the text
  message is 1 [phone].
• PHPMailer or PHP's mail function can be used to
  achieve the same using PHP. I'm going to use
  PHP's mail function as an example (You can check
  the documentation for more details). The
  function's signature is as follows
• 1 bool mail (strings "to," "subject,"
  "message," "additional headers," "additional
  parameters")
• Now run the edit function signature and add it to
  our PHP code
• 1\s2\s3

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• can be lost or split into many texts if you go
  over the character limit, which is around 55.
• Additionally, SMPT involves back-and-forth
  message sending, which slows down the operation.
• Messages must pass through the SMS gateway in
  this situation. Therefore, it is possible for
  deliveries to fail.
• Utilising SMS API
• Using an API, send SMS with PHP.
• You can incorporate text messages into your
  software programme using the SMS API. It can
  also be used for two-way communication. Using
  this, you can rapidly notify customers and
  deliver information to them while keeping your
  firm operational around-the-clock.
• There are numerous SMS API vendors available.
  Examples include MessageBird, Twilio, and Nexmo.
  I'll take into account the MessageBird API for
  the tutorial's PHP web application. In order to
  begin, you must
• Create a free account at MessageBird. When you
  create an account, please provide your phone
  number (It offers you ten options).
• Two API keys are available in the developer
  section. One is used for testing and the other
  is put to use.
• We must install a package in order to communicate
  with the MessageBird API provider. require
  messagebird/php-rest-api in composer
• You can include an HTML form to collect the
  recipient's phone number and email, but because
  our attention is on the backend, I will offer it
  manually.
• 1\s2\s3\s4\s5\s6\s7\s8\s9\s10\s11
• 'USE YOUR PHONE REGISTERED WITH MESSAGEBIRD HERE'
  as the originator Set the SMS message's sender
  in the code. The reply from the API will be
  stored in this response object.
  message-gtrecipients recipient
  message-gtbody sms response
• messageBird-gtmessages-gtcreate(message) echo
  e catch(Exception e)?gt
• You can use the Live API key to obtain the actual
  message after testing the code with the Test API
  key. To verify You can print the responce
  object, which has the API response, to see the
  message's delivery status.

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• Cons of utilising SMS API
• The cost varies depending on what you select and
  how many text messages you wish to send, and all
  API providers get compensated.
• If your app has to send out alerts, using an SMS
  API rather than a multi-channel notifications
  provider (which I cover below) has another
  drawback.For instance, you would need to
  integrate SMS, chat tools like Slack and WhatsApp
  independently, as well as mobile and web push.
  You must determine the value of all the
  additional time and effort.

• Making use of the Multi-Channel Notification API
• Multi-channel notification services (MNS), as the
  name suggests, use a standardised API to send
  alerts across a variety of channels (such as
  emails, text messages, push notifications,
  WhatsApp, Slack, etc.). Courier is made to
  accomplish that. It has a uniform API to notify
  users of all the channels, and it has real-time
  logs and analytics where you can monitor the
  performance of all the channels.
• Send SMS Using PHP
• Even though this tutorial is about sending text
  messages, there are some factors we need to take
  into consideration when we However, this can
  scale into other notification channels if new
  requirements arise, as demonstrated in the
  example above.
• You must first visit the website, register, and
  complete the initial setup. Log in with your
  Gmail address.
• Name the workspace.
• Choose SMS
• Your choice of backend programming language
• Choose an SMS provider (I select MessageBird)
• Give MessageBird's associated number, the Access
  Key, and then Set up the supplier (If you use
  windows, run the given snippet in your
  PowerShell).
• If you completed the basic setup steps
  satisfactorily, you were forwarded to the next
  window.
• Using PHP, send SMS notifications
• After creating a new notification, you can see a
  preview of how it will look on the recipient's
  mobile device.
• Construct a courier SDK
• Composer must use courier or try courier

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sendEnhancedNotification(\s (object) (object) \s
'to' gt 'phone number' "RECIPIENT NUMBER
HERE", 'template' "F3Q0EWXH5W4S70H4CS99695STCY
X", 'data' echo(result-gtrequestId)?gt
'recipientName' gt "Indrajith", , ) The
queued, dispatched, delivered, opened, clicked,
and undeliverable statuses of the SMS message
can be seen in the Logs section of the Courier
dashboard. If there are any mistakes in the
delivery pipeline, the courier will also let you
know when they happened. Benefits of utilising
multichannel alerting systems Making your own
decisions is crucial in today's software
scalability This scalability is provided by
multi-channel notification services, which also
keep your codebase tidy. This is a huge bonus
because business needs and technological
advancements are constantly evolving. Second,
drag-and-drop template builders are accessible
through sites like Courier, which can save you a
tonne of time. Real-time logs and analytics also
assist firms in monitoring and evaluating
performance. Use of multi-channel notification
services has drawbacks The drawbacks of
multi-channel notification services are
comparable to those covered in the SMS APIs
discussion. Each benefit has a corresponding
expense (But in Courier, they have free plans up
to 10000 notifications per month). Additionally,
there is once more outside interference. You
rely on a third-party service to send
notifications all across the channels. Conclusion
This article discussed Three ways are available
in a PHP web application to send text messages.
The advantages and disadvantages of SMTP to SMS,
SMS API, and multi-channel notification services
have been covered, and you may choose the
approach to take based on your time and
financial constraints.