Re: Text messaging from the web

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Sebastian Detert <php-maillist@elygor.de> wrote: > Larry Martell schrieb: > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> > wrote: > > > Folks: > > Being fairly geezerly, I know almost nothing about this, so be gentle. > > Assuming someone entered information in a form on a website. Normally, > you would email the responses to someone. But what if you wanted to > send this information to a smartphone via text messaging? > > Is this possible, given normal programming tools (PHP/Javascript), or > would you have to go through some commercial web to text messaging > gateway? Does anyone know if this could be done, and how? > > > You can send a text message via email: > > Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com > AT&T: 10digitphonenumber@txt.att.net > Sprint: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com > T-Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@tmomail.net > Nextel: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.nextel.com > Cingular: 10digitphonenumber@cingularme.com > Virgin Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@vmobl.com > Alltel: 10digitphonenumber@message.alltel.com > CellularOne: 10digitphonenumber@mobile.celloneusa.com > Omnipoint: 10digitphonenumber@omnipointpcs.com > Qwest: 10digitphonenumber@qwestmp.com > > > > Me again ;) Is that for free? I just found this interesting site: > http://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-send-text-messages-free.html Yes, you can send text messages for free this way.