Re: Sending SMS through website

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Andrew Williams <andrew4williams@gmail.com > wrote: > http://google.com/search?q=open+source+sms+gateway > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Thodoris <tgol@kinetix.gr> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > >> > >> Does anyone know how to send sms through a php website. I am completely > >> new > >> to the requirement and don't know even the pre-requisite of doing it. > You > >> can also drop in link to a good tutorial. Any help will be highly > >> appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks and Regards, > >> Dheeraj Bansal > >> > >> > >> > > > > Never implemented something similar but I will share what I know. If you > > manage to set up an SMS gateway it will probably provide you some means > > (like an API, a spool-like directory, database etc) to pass messages to > it. > > You can probably use PHP 's capabilities to pass the sms to the gateway > and > > use it this way to send the message to the subscriber. > > > > Generally speaking this is the plan. But you will need to have a working > > SMS gateway and walk through its aspects and details. > > > > I am not sure but I think there might be someone selling the service that > > you may pay to use it in your site. > > > > I am sure that someone more experienced than me will reply when the time > is > > right. > > > > -- > > Thodoris > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > Best Wishes > A Williams > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways has a list of gateways...you can also find pay for service gateways with some googling -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat