I'm reading this on my phone, so I could be wrong about this, but it
appears to me that the PHP code you posted doesn't appear to create an
XML document.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
On 2009-10-26, Anene Isioma Wealth <anene.quor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> ok, let me be very explicit.
>
>
> I presently have a form with the following fields for clients to submit
> data:
> 1. mobile numbers (either single or bulk. ie uploading a text file.
> numbers
> are separated by ",")
> 2. Sender's Name
> 3. SMS message
> then i send with the following cfhttp code:
>
> <cfhttpparam type="body" value="This is a URL variable">
> </cfhttp>
> this works perfectly.
>
>
> But i noticed that if i send to more that 100 numbers, the SMS is not
> delivered. Maybe something about amount of characters the address bar can
> hold.
>
>
> So, i was asked to submit via XML POST formatted like this:
>
> <SMS>
> <authentification>
> <username></username>
> <password></password>
> </authentification>
> <message>
> <sender></sender>
> <text></text>
> </message>
> <recipients>
> <gsm messageId=clientmsgID1></gsm>
> <gsm messageId=clientmsgID2></gsm>
> <gsm messageId=clientmsgID3></gsm>
> <gsm messageId=clientmsgID4></gsm>
> </recipients>
> </SMS>
>
> Now this is the huddle i need to scale. Someone gave me a cURL code, but its
> in PHP.:
>
>
> <?php
>
>
> // Saint Tosins version of Curl for infobip
>
> // for your own sms gateway copy, call 08035898361
>
>
>
> $request = ""; //initialize the request variable
>
> $param["user"] = "$username";
>
> $param["password"] = "$password";
>
> $param["SMSText"] = "$message"; //this is the message that we want to send
>
> $param["GSM"] = "$numbers"; //these are the recipients of the message
>
> $param["sender"] = "$sender"; //this is our sender
>
> $param["IsFlash"] = "0"; //we want to send the message via global route
>
> $param["type"] = "LongSMS"; //message type is plain text
>
>
>
> foreach($param as $key=>$val) //traverse through each member of the param
> array
>
> {
>
> $request.= $key."=".urlencode($val); //we have to urlencode the values
>
> $request.= '&'; //append the ampersand (&) sign after each paramter/value
> pair
>
> }
>
>
> $len = strlen($request)-1;
>
> $request = substr($request, 0, $len); //remove the final ampersand sign
> from the request
>
>
>
> $url = "http://www.infobip.com/Addon/SMSService/SendSMS.aspx";;
>
>
>
>
> $ch = curl_init(); //initialize curl handle
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); //set the url
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); //header param
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); //return as a variable
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); //set POST method
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request); //set the POST variables
>
> $response = curl_exec($ch); //run the whole process and return the
> response
>
> curl_close($ch); //close the curl handle
>
>
>
> ?>
>
> Well all these codes have managed to mess up my head. So i called for
> instant help and will not mind giving $20 to the guide that will make it
> work.
>
> Happy Hunting!
> Sincerely,
> Chuka I.W. Anene
> Chief Software Eng./CEO
> Quorium Solutions
> www.quorium.org
> 07029609185,07032696113
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com>
> To: cf-talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com>
> Sent: Mon, October 26, 2009 11:33:07 PM
> Subject: Re: XML POST with Coldfusion
>
>
>> i said via HTTP GET. i havent been able to send via XML post. That is why
>> we are having this discussion in the first place. Dont
>> worry, the server has over 9000 clients, this means that their service
>> works.
>
> I think you missed my point. If you're not sure whether you're
> building your POST correctly in CF, you can test sending an HTTP POST
> directly using any number of HTTP test tools, or using telnet, and see
> what kind of response you get. That will let you determine whether (a)
> the service even accepts HTTP POST, (b) your XML is malformed or not
> what the service expects, or (c) you're having a specific issue with
> CF sending the data, as opposed to the format of the data itself.
>
> But in any case, you will need to learn how to help yourself. You
> simply aren't providing enough information for anyone else to help
> you.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
>
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>
>
>
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