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#1 gigman7

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:40 PM

What is the code for sending a text message?

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:45 PM

You need to connect to a SMS gateway. First find the gateway, then check out their API.

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:57 PM

As Renaissance-Design has pointed out, you need to use an SMS gateway, a service that will allow you to send SMS's to users.

I know of a provider called Oxygen8, I've worked with them in the past and they are a good provider. Here is their website: http://www.oxygen8.com

Their API is a doddle to work with, I was sending SMS's within an hour or two and I had never touched an SMS gateway before; and I was dealing with premium rate two way messaging (incoming and outgoing); like when you do these This Morning comps or on these TV shows where you vote for your favourite, incoming message, process, interact with your server, send message back to user.

One way messaging is much simpler.

There are others but I can't vouch for those.

This post has been edited by FizixRichard: 27 January 2012 - 04:00 PM