[thelist] php -> sms
Simon Willison
cs1spw at bath.ac.uk
Mon Sep 15 03:59:23 CDT 2003
Paul Bennett wrote:
> Has anyone had any success in dynamically generating SMS messages with
> php (or any scripting language)? Basicallky I want to send an sms to a
> predefined mobile number when a new record is added to the db.
>
> From what I have seen there is only manual pc software that uses a
> cellphone connected to a COM port - I want to be able to do the same
> thing (with phone and COM port) but using PHP and not having to have
> someone manually format a message using dektop software?
>
> Any suggestions? I have had a look at: smstools via source forge but
> have not yet got it running successfully
This is probably the internet world's best kept secret: you can send SMS
messages to almost all American cell phones by emailing a magic address
(a different one for each network provider). Adrian Holovaty explains
how here:
http://www.holovaty.com/blog/archive/2003/08/31/0004
Enjoy :)
Simon Willison
http://simon.incutio.com/
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