How to send SMS from website

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I have a website from which I need to send SMS from my website itself. Please tell me how to do so. Is there a plugin like - [send message] or some other stuff from which I can send message from my website online.
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  • you need to buy a dedicated server and configure it with any mobile.
  • You don't need a dedicated server. Twilio offers this service, you need to find a plugin or program something to use their service.

    Twilio Cloud Communications - APIs for Voice, VoIP and Text Messaging
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    • There are any number of SMS providers and they almost always provide an API to integrate with your site's backend processes.

      So you might need a programmer to get it working but it's actually not too difficult due to the fairly simple nature of SMS and any web developer on the planet could do it.

      Then you need to charge up your SMS account by buying blocks of texts (the more you buy, the cheaper it is) and off you go.

      Cheers,

      Neil

    • this application charge per SMS but i just explain that best solution is to buy a dedicated IP address and configure any mobile with that and buy a cheap Bulk SMS package from local telecom operator. i think its cheap solution rather to buy an application which charge per SMS.
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  • Sending sms message via emails to the carrier is extremely unreliable, a conservative estimate from my experience is that if you send 1k messages at least 200 will not be delivered for a variety of reasons. It costs 1 cent to send a message through Twilio, which is extremely reliable. In the business world you have to live by the mantra - 'you get what you pay for'. If email -> sms messaging worked there would be no reason for companies like Twilio.

    A good answer on SO regarding this:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...525070#3525070
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    • I have never had an email sms fail. I was using them to send myself and a few others signal notifications for a stock market algorithm. It would send 5-10 messages every 5min and I never had one not send.

      And your second statement is not true, the downfall of the email method is your message comes from a random different number all the time, which can be quite annoying in some situations. I think twilio your messages come from 1 number? That would be the advantage to me.
  • Never use email to sms messaging for critical messaging system. Period. Do a google search to find all the reasons.
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    • Really depends on what you deem critical.

      And yes you can use phpmail or any other method, i prefer smtp.
    • I completely agree. When I was testing out the Mediaburst: Free SMS plugin for Wordpress (which uses email to SMS messaging) I found it to be incredibly unreliable. Messages would frequently not be delivered, or they would be delivered several hours later.
  • Oh god. Well if your going to keep it amateur and use the email to sms function, which will surely be phased out by mobile cell phone providers soon, at least use a reliable library to handle your mail.

    http://swiftmailer.org/
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    • I dont disagree that sending SMS via email is not the best way to do it. You are absolutely right, it probably is much less reliable than doing it the right way, however, its free. I have a feeling the OP was looking for a free solution, otherwise they should probably pay someone to do it right.

      HOWEVER, as far as sending email in general you are much better off using SMTP as opposed to phpmail (the library you list above appears to use php mail). PHP mail will often end up in spam folders and its far far less secure than SMTP. I would recommend anyone sending email to use raw SMTP over php.

      ^ I suppose this is all my opinion, so if anyone feels that is incorrect please enlighten me. I like to learn.
  • try this is a widget
    that you can add in your website
    its completely free and the people that visit your website
    will be able to send sms to any phone
    its international so it doesnt matter the country

    its a very useful tool
    anyway in canada you pay 60 a month and its message unlimited on your
    phone plan but the website is good
    try it and let me know
    if it help you
  • Swiftmailer is a very robust library. It supports SMTP transport.

    Sending Messages – Documentation – Swift Mailer
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  • You should buy sms gateway if you want to send sms using your website. It depends on which country you wanna send according to that you have to buy gateway
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  • Hi devaldcool!

    If you wish to send sms from a website you will need a php script.
    In the following website you can find a detailed information and example about sending text messages: SMS Gateway - Developers Guide, PHP SMS API

    I hope this can help you.
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    How to send SMS from website

    I have a website from which I need to send SMS from my website itself. Please tell me how to do so. Is there a plugin like - [send message] or some other stuff from which I can send message from my website online.