Sending SMS messages via command line in PHP

Sign up with an account at Twilio and opt for the trial account. The trial account provides you with a set amount of funds. You need to apply for a phone number provided by Twilio.

The app makes http POST request to Twilio and Twilio sends the SMS.

Create a project directory eg: projects/php/sms. Use Composer to install the Twilio sdk $projects/php/sms composer require twilio/sdk

In the project directory – $projects/php/sms – create a send-message.php file and open in text editor.

Require the Twilio helper library just obtained via composer Declare to use the Twilio Rest client object.

Account credentials Include the $sid and $token – find these in your Twilio account dashboard. Place in environmental variables for security.

$sid = $_ENV[“TWILIOACCOUNTSID”]; $client = $_ENV[“TWILIOAUTHTOKEN”];

Use credentials to create a Twilio Rest client passing in SID and TOKEN $client = new Client($sid, $token);

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Rest\Client;

$sid = 'AC**********************************';
$token = 'e6********************************';

        $client = new Client($sid, $token);

        $client->messages->create(
            '+442323232323223',
            array(
                'from' => '+44123456789',
                'body' => 'Your text message goes here.'
                )
            );

?>

Run the script

Run the script which sends the message

$projects/php/sms send-message.php

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