Sending messages from a website has many uses; sending notifications to users is one good example. In this example, we're going to present you with a form where you can enter a phone number and message and send it to your user. This can be quickly adapted for other uses.
Ok, let's learn how to send an SMS message from a website. The user will be prompted to fill out a form that will send the SMS message to the phone number entered in the form.
Download the Twilio Helper Library from https://github.com/twilio/twilio-php/zipball/master and unzip it.
Upload the
Services/
folder to your website.Upload
config.php
to your website and make sure the following variables are set:<?php $accountsid = ''; // YOUR TWILIO ACCOUNT SID $authtoken = ''; // YOUR TWILIO AUTH TOKEN $fromNumber = ''; // PHONE NUMBER CALLS WILL COME FROM ?>
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