SMS, which is abbreviation of Short Message service, is the most commonly used feature of a mobile phone after the phone call. Although it’s limited to 160 characters, sending an sms text is very popular in several cases like;<\/p>\n
There are just a few samples for individuals use sms text to communicate.<\/p>\n
But if you own a web site, adding an sms service to your site, can be cool, and cutting edge. Also adds another form of communication with your customers, and your web site.<\/p>\n
Some of the examples of sms service at your web site can be listed, but not limited to:<\/p>\n
Samples continue.<\/p>\n
There are several sms service providers in Internet world. But at OnVerify.com, we provide the easiest solution with standard features, at a competitive price. You don’t need to write long sms software to send sms text from your web site.<\/p>\n
Firstly you need to open a free account at OnVerify.com. It’s free, gives you $0.25 credit when you complete Phone Verification process automatically. Then get your userid and apipass from documentation or profile page, and paste the code below in your favorite php editor:<\/p>\n
$f = file(“http:\/\/www.onverify.com\/sms.php?userid=youruserid&apipass=apipass&msg=test&number=number”);<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That single line of code will initiate a sms text sending from your web site easily. Let me explain the parameters:<\/p>\n
userid=youruserid, this is the userid you get from onverify.com, \u00a0we need to recognize you<\/p>\n
apipass=yourapipass, this is the api password you get from onverify.com to authenticate you<\/p>\n
msg=test, this is the text message we will send to the mobile number. remember to urlencode your message before feeding it to here.<\/p>\n
number=number, this is the number we will send sms text message to. It must be in international numbering format; country code + area code + number (like 18581234567)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On return, you’ll have a single line. Which is a numeric code, that you may want to check.<\/p>\n
switch($f[0]) {
\ncase “2”:
\necho “username or password is wrong”;
\nbreak;
\ncase “3”:
\necho “balance is not enough”;
\nbreak;
\ncase “4”:
\necho “number wrong”;
\nbreak;
\ncase “6”:
\necho “ip restriction”;
\nbreak;
\ncase “7”:
\necho “dublicate vid”;
\nbreak;
\ndefault:
\nif ($f[0]>100) echo “sms is queued”;
\n}<\/p><\/blockquote>\nLet me explain. At first step we send to request to OnVerify.com’s sms service. We get a numeric code from that page, which can be 2,3,4,6,7 or >100. \u00a0each meaning something.<\/p>\n
2: username or apipass is wrong. please re check and compare them with OnVerify.com<\/p>\n
3: balance is not enough. OnVerify.com works from positive balance. But don’t worry during the tests and integrations. Just drop us an e-mail to support@onverify.com. Ask for more credits, and explain your project. We are more than happy to help<\/p>\n
4. number wrong. Yes it must be in international format. Which is country code + area code + number<\/p>\n
6. restricted ip. You can limit the server’s ip that the calls with be initiated from<\/p>\n
7. dublicate vid. This is used for callback firing. At the end of sms sending we fire a callback to your system explaning the status of the sms. (sent, unsent, cost, etc)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sending a SMS text is asynchronous at onverify.com. Which means, when you initiate a sms sending, OnVerify.com will return you immediately if this call is accepted or not. Later, it will notify you with sending a request to the callback url that you set at sms text message initiation step.<\/p>\n
In this article, I tried to show how easy it’s to send sms text message to any phone using OnVerify.com’s services. \u00a0In order to send sms text, you dont need to setup\/develop big sms software, just use the sms service feature of OnVerify.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SMS, which is abbreviation of Short Message service, is the most commonly used feature of a mobile phone after the phone call. Although it’s limited to 160 characters, sending an sms text is very popular in several cases like; A…<\/span><\/p>\n