leadthread/laravel-sms

laravel-sms

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Please read the README for the latest stable branch v2.1.2, _(*2)

Laravel SMS is a simple Laravel 5 package for sending messages to different SMS services., _(*3)

Currently supported: - Plivo - Twilio, _(*4)

Installation

Install via composer - In the terminal:, _(*5)

composer require leadthread/laravel-sms

Install Plivo or Twilio SDK, _(*6)

composer require plivo/plivo-php:^1.1
# or
composer require twilio/sdk:^4.10
# or
composer require bandwidth/catapult:^0.8.2

Now add the following to the providers array in your config/app.php, _(*7)

LeadThread\Sms\Providers\SmsServiceProvider::class

and this to the aliases array in config/app.php, _(*8)

"Sms" => "LeadThread\Sms\Facades\Sms",

Then you will need to run these commands in the terminal in order to copy the config file, _(*9)

php artisan vendor:publish

Usage

First you must change your config file located at config/sms.php with your proper API credentials., _(*10)

Sending Messages

You can simply send a message like this:, _(*11)

# Send one text
$message  = "Hello Phone!";
$to       = "+15556667777";
$from     = "+17776665555";
$response = Sms::send($message,$to,$from);

```php, <sub>(*12)</sub>

Send many texts

$message = "Hello Phone!"; $to = ["+15556667777","+15556667778","+15556667779"]; $from = "+17776665555"; $response = Sms::sendMany($message,$to,$from);, <sub>(*13)</sub>

```php
# Send many texts with different messages
$items = [
  ["msg"=>"Hello Rick!", "to"=>"+15556667777","from"=>"+17776665555"],
  ["msg"=>"Hello Tyler!","to"=>"+15556667778","from"=>"+17776665555"],
  ["msg"=>"Hello Karla!","to"=>"+15556667779","from"=>"+17776665555"],
];
$response = Sms::sendArray($items);

Dont forget to add this to the top of the file, <sub>(*14)</sub>

//If you updated your aliases array in "config/app.php"
use Sms;
//or if you didnt...
use LeadThread\Sms\Facades\Sms;

Buying and Selling phone numbers

$areacode = '435';
//Search for a number to buy
//The response is different for each SMS service provider. This example shows Plivo.
$response = Sms::searchNumber($areacode);
$number = $response['response']['objects'][0]['number'];

//Buy the number
Sms::buyNumber($number);

//Unrent the number
Sms::sellNumber($number);

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! If you would like to have another service added to the list please request it by opening up an issue or sending a pull request, <sub>(*15)</sub>