Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
i wonder how kannel.org work? do i need the specific device. i need the sim card form the phone company provider right? On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Scott wrote: > > > What you need to do is ask yourself whether you are going to do high > > volume SMS or not, and look at when do the commercial providers become > > more economical? What a lot of people do, is sign up for an account > > and end up sending only 50 or so SMS a month, which is silly, when for > > the same price as a month or two's subscription, you could buy your > > own GSM modem and a prepaid SIM card and do it for half the price > > yourself. > > Or use sms_client and only pay per individual SMS. No subscription > needed. > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
Paul Scott wrote: > What you need to do is ask yourself whether you are going to do high > volume SMS or not, and look at when do the commercial providers become > more economical? What a lot of people do, is sign up for an account > and end up sending only 50 or so SMS a month, which is silly, when for > the same price as a month or two's subscription, you could buy your > own GSM modem and a prepaid SIM card and do it for half the price > yourself. Or use sms_client and only pay per individual SMS. No subscription needed. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 21:01 -0800, Nick Stinemates wrote: > > Do you need to receive SMS? If you need to receive SMS, you will need to > > host your own GSM device or modem so that people can send you SMS. > > > > If not, you can just use internet SMS gateways like clickatell to do the > > work, and post to them by HTTP, XML or email. The cost is about 6-8 cents > > per SMS. There are cheaper services, but not always reliable. If you need to > > host your own GSM device, you can use software like http://www.kannel.org > > (GPL Open Source) or http://www.visualgsm.com. > > The thing with SMS is volume. Most commercial (bulk SMS) service providers do provide a return path at a price, but this can get really expensive especially at low volumes. What you need to do is ask yourself whether you are going to do high volume SMS or not, and look at when do the commercial providers become more economical? What a lot of people do, is sign up for an account and end up sending only 50 or so SMS a month, which is silly, when for the same price as a month or two's subscription, you could buy your own GSM modem and a prepaid SIM card and do it for half the price yourself. --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
HI, The vast majority of carriers have a free to use email to sms gateway for their clients phones. There is a list of each carriers format for the email address. Have someone select the carrier in the form when entering the phone number then you have it sent to the email as specified by the carrier. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Nick Stinemates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > johnlin wrote: > > Let me try and answer your questions. > > > > Do you need to receive SMS? If you need to receive SMS, you will need to > > host your own GSM device or modem so that people can send you SMS. > > > > If not, you can just use internet SMS gateways like clickatell to do the > > work, and post to them by HTTP, XML or email. The cost is about 6-8 > cents > > per SMS. There are cheaper services, but not always reliable. If you > need to > > host your own GSM device, you can use software like > http://www.kannel.org > > (GPL Open Source) or http://www.visualgsm.com. > > > > Regards, > > SMS Gateway Expert > > http://www.visualtron.com > > > > > > AmirBehzad Eslami-3 wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? > >> Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? > >> > >> Thank you in advance, > >> -b > >> > >> > >> > > > > > I know of an open source package which uses services hosted by VeriSign > and MBlox. These cost a pretty penny, though, and may not be what you're > after. > The services give you a private channel for your users to interact with > you, and for you to (potentially) respond to them. > > You're looking for SMPP packages. > > -- > == > Nick Stinemates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://nick.stinemates.org > > AIM: Nick Stinemates > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > == > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Leonard Burton, N9URK http://www.jiffyslides.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the survivability of the occupants."
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
johnlin wrote: > Let me try and answer your questions. > > Do you need to receive SMS? If you need to receive SMS, you will need to > host your own GSM device or modem so that people can send you SMS. > > If not, you can just use internet SMS gateways like clickatell to do the > work, and post to them by HTTP, XML or email. The cost is about 6-8 cents > per SMS. There are cheaper services, but not always reliable. If you need to > host your own GSM device, you can use software like http://www.kannel.org > (GPL Open Source) or http://www.visualgsm.com. > > Regards, > SMS Gateway Expert > http://www.visualtron.com > > > AmirBehzad Eslami-3 wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? >> Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> -b >> >> >> > > I know of an open source package which uses services hosted by VeriSign and MBlox. These cost a pretty penny, though, and may not be what you're after. The services give you a private channel for your users to interact with you, and for you to (potentially) respond to them. You're looking for SMPP packages. -- == Nick Stinemates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://nick.stinemates.org AIM: Nick Stinemates MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
Let me try and answer your questions. Do you need to receive SMS? If you need to receive SMS, you will need to host your own GSM device or modem so that people can send you SMS. If not, you can just use internet SMS gateways like clickatell to do the work, and post to them by HTTP, XML or email. The cost is about 6-8 cents per SMS. There are cheaper services, but not always reliable. If you need to host your own GSM device, you can use software like http://www.kannel.org (GPL Open Source) or http://www.visualgsm.com. Regards, SMS Gateway Expert http://www.visualtron.com AmirBehzad Eslami-3 wrote: > > Hi, > > How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? > Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? > > Thank you in advance, > -b > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Sending-SMS-via-PHP-tp14475937p14681701.html Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
The 160 byte limit is carrier/handset dependent, and goes as low as 140 for some Canadian carriers. The cell phone companies are happy to provision you with a gateway account, if you can prove you are not a cell-spammer and will pay them money. If not, you are at the mercy of free systems designed for casual limited use by end users, and abusing that with a PHP script that could send lots of messages would be a very Bad Idea -- They'll just block you as soon as you get going. The core gear is owned by the phone companies. They're not interested in providing free spammer access wide open to the general public for some reason... On Sun, December 23, 2007 8:59 am, Bastien Koert wrote: > > Sending proper SMS messges requires that you use an SMS gateway or buy > a cellular modem. SMS is essentially XML will the message body limited > to 160 characters. > > do some googling to get more information > > bastien > >> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:30:29 +0330 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP >> >> Hi, >> >> How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers >> (UDH)? >> Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> -b > > _ > Discover new ways to stay in touch with Windows Live! Visit the City @ > Live today! > http://getyourliveid.ca/?icid=LIVEIDENCA006 > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
Hi Bastien, I have actually implemented sending SMS using PHP by installing NOW SMS gateway. You can find all the information regarding it on www.nowsms.com. They have a software that you can buy and configure on your server. I wrote scripts that can help sending single SMS, BULK SMS, User Defined SMS etc. I also configured using PHP in a way to receive SMS to the web server and store it in the database. Its really exciting when you start working on this because you will be basically using SOAP and SMPP protocol to achieve this. Once you install trial Version mail me back so that I can help you with PHP Scripts that can actually allow you to SEND SMS. 160 characters are allowed per SMS and you also need connection to the SMS gateway in your country. Thanks, Vamsee On Dec 23, 2007 6:59 AM, Bastien Koert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sending proper SMS messges requires that you use an SMS gateway or buy a > cellular modem. SMS is essentially XML will the message body limited to 160 > characters. > > do some googling to get more information > > bastien > > > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:30:29 +0330 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP > > > > Hi, > > > > How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? > > Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? > > > > Thank you in advance, > > -b > > _ > Discover new ways to stay in touch with Windows Live! Visit the City @ > Live today! > http://getyourliveid.ca/?icid=LIVEIDENCA006 > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
RE: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
Sending proper SMS messges requires that you use an SMS gateway or buy a cellular modem. SMS is essentially XML will the message body limited to 160 characters. do some googling to get more information bastien > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:30:29 +0330 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP > > Hi, > > How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? > Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? > > Thank you in advance, > -b _ Discover new ways to stay in touch with Windows Live! Visit the City @ Live today! http://getyourliveid.ca/?icid=LIVEIDENCA006 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Sending SMS via PHP
On Dec 22, 2007 9:00 PM, AmirBehzad Eslami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers (UDH)? > Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? > > Thank you in advance, > -b > You could send emails. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways#Email_to_SMS -Casey -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
