Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knows if it is posible to send a text message to a cell phone using a php script or similar?

I am wanting to send a txt message as to notify me when my server goes down.

Thanks in advance!

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Many cell phone companies allow their phones to accept e-mail mailed to a specific address as text messages. If your can do this, then you could just send an e-mail from your script and it would be free. Call your cell phone company's customer service and ask them if they support e-mail to phone.

heres an easy way to find out....write an email from your phone, and send it to urself...you will get ur 'email' tm addy when u get the message, like 5555555@***.com or whatever.....then you just set up say a text box, and submit button, and instead of having it sent to a reg. email box, enter your cell phones example below of how you would do it.... :)


<tr>
<td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10">&nbsp;</td>

<td><select name="to" size="1">
<option value="55555@.....com">Name: </option>
</select></td>

<td width="10"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3" BGCOLOR="#666699"><b><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=+0>Message</font>
- <font size=-1>Limit 85 Characters</font></font></b></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td colspan="2"><textarea name="msg" rows="4" cols="25" input align="middle" wrap="soft"></textarea></td>

</tr>

<tr>
<td BGCOLOR="#666699">&nbsp;</td>

<td BGCOLOR="#666699" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Send the Page" align="middle" border="0"><input type="reset" value="Clear" align="middle" border="0"></td>

</tr>
</table></center>

Yeah text message your email, grab the Author email from that, I just tried it...

www.vtext.com for verizon

I know a guy that is making a full php script to send free SMS with login script, etc. He said that the actual code that sends the SMS is just one function... But unfortunately he won't give it out :(

i got one sms script too which shoots me an sms each time a daemon goes down.

yah, my dad has Telus and I just have to enter is
10digitmobilenumber@msg.telus.com
(e.g., 4031234567@msg.telus.com)
and the message.

Originally posted by kneuf
yah, my dad has Telus and I just have to enter is
10digitmobilenumber@msg.telus.com
(e.g., 4031234567@msg.telus.com)
and the message. AT&T has the same feature PHONENUMBE@mobile.att.net.

Does anyone know if any australia providers (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, etc) have this feature? :)

Visit clickatell.com .

They offer the SMS facility using PHP or ASP scripts.

Jim

I just found a list of the domains to use for e-mailing to sms:

http://www.meetmyattorney.com/cellular/archives/000153.html

Alltel: @alltelmessage.com

AT&T: @mobile.att.net

Cellular One: @mycellone.net

Cellular One [Amarillo, TX customers]: @wwtext.net

Cingular: @mobile.mycingular.com

HickoryTech: @sms.hickorytech.com

Nextel: @messaging.nextel.com

Qwest Wireless: @qwestmp.com

Sprint PCS: @messaging.sprintpcs.com

SureWest: @mobile.surewest.com

T-Mobile: @tmomail.net

Verizon Wireless: @vtext.com



I don't know how accurate these are, but it's worth a shot.

Originally posted by atr
I just found a list of the domains to use for e-mailing to sms:

http://www.meetmyattorney.com/cellular/archives/000153.html

I don't know how accurate these are, but it's worth a shot.

They're all accurate, as of about March 4, 2003. I compiled them myself from a variety of sources, typically directly from the provider's websites, or from the customer service reps.

Originally posted by digitok
I know a guy that is making a full php script to send free SMS with login script, etc. He said that the actual code that sends the SMS is just one function... But unfortunately he won't give it out :(

I'd say it sounds like snake oil. If you create a simple PHP mail function that uses the email->SMS addresses of the major carriers you can achieve pseudo-SMS formmail.

Now, if it's TRUE SMS sending, that's another story. But really you needn't go to all that trouble when the wireless carriers provide an easy to use system for sending email that gets sent to phones. Just keep the entire message, including subject and the sender's email address under 160 characters.

Its def. possible to make a form that sends an e-mail to the phone and limits the amount of characters a user can type.

But I want one that works with australia providers (mainly Telstra, Optus and Vodafone) does anyone know the address to use to acheive this?

Originally posted by digitok
But I want one that works with australia providers (mainly Telstra, Optus and Vodafone) does anyone know the address to use to acheive this?

Contact their customer service and ask. That is the only reliable way to get that information. It's generally harder to find email->SMS options for non-American carriers as sms is better integrated between wireless carriers outside of the US. At least that's my opinion. The email->sms option is to facilitate the transfer of messages between users in the absence of true intercarrier sms arrangements. Hence, with a better infrastructure and intercarrier cooperation, the need for email->sms gateways and options is greatly mitigated.