Comments on: Send SMS Text Messages Using HTML & PHP!

By: Volomike

Volomike — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:48:01 +0000

I have used this system previously for my AT&T mobile. The only drawback is that the service providers sometimes add extra text into the text, shortening its capacity. These providers aren’t very thoughtful in that regard.

Another system is to enroll with Clickatel, but you have to follow their guidelines and get approved, and then there’s a small fee.

Note also on Linux you can find a command (it’s a Perl script, actually) called sendEmail. I have a handy Bash script loaded up through /etc/crontab that uses curl command line to check my Gmail via the ATOM RSS feed thing, parses it, and then uses the sendEmail command to SMS text me the headlines of new mail.

By: Dan Silver

Dan Silver — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:20:49 +0000

Thank you so much!!!!
I will be implementing this text message script into my program I made. (if you want to see it you can click on my name)
Thanks!

By: Joshua Schaible

Joshua Schaible — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:52:07 +0000

Dennis,

I’m really glad this helped you out. I’d love to see what you end up with. Keep rockin.

-Joshua

By: Dennis Monsewicz

Dennis Monsewicz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:58:17 +0000

Josh,

Thanks for posting this… I have been working on an SMS solution for a client of mine and have been diving into some code to perfect mine and this is perfect.

-Dennis