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jayrom villaruz
New member
Username: Jj_v30

Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2010
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 06:04 pm:   

hi,

im creating a SMS-oriented system and this is my first time to use nowSMS.
i would just like to ask if it is possible for me to "use" the text messages that i receive.
like for example:
responding to certain keywords,
getting the recipient's number to send a reply,
sorting the messages, etc.

im using PHP by the way.

thanks in advance.
Des - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Desosms

Post Number: 1820
Registered: 08-2008
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 08:55 pm:   

Hi,

Absolutely. PHP is one of the best ways to process received messages.

This is done through the 2-way SMS command interface.

http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/2_way_sms_support.htm

There's a good old thread with some PHP examples here:

http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/4520.html

And you'll find some additional links with PHP related info here: http://www.nowsms.com/support/api.htm

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Des
NowSMS Support
jayrom villaruz
New member
Username: Jj_v30

Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2010
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 04:26 am:   

hi des,

thanks, that surely helped a lot.
however, i have another problem regarding 2-way sms.
i keep getting this reply:
Command not completed.
Request returned invalid content type: text/html

The confusing thing is, I added the command:
header("content-type: text/plain");

but still get the error that the content type is text/html. how should i resolve this?
jayrom villaruz
New member
Username: Jj_v30

Post Number: 3
Registered: 02-2010
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 05:06 am:   

Ok, sorry for that. I managed to solve it. thanks anyway.

but here is another question: can i obtain from the database more than 1 recipient
in order to send a broadcast message?
Im having problems sending to more than 1 recipient using this command:

SendSMS("127.0.0.1", 8800, "username", "password", "+6391234567", "message to broadcast");

Thanks in advance.
Des - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Desosms

Post Number: 1825
Registered: 08-2008
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 04:41 pm:   

Hi,

In the phone number field you can use a comma delimited list of phone numbers (like "1234,5678,9012").

You can also use the SendSMS function multiple times if you are not sending the same message each time.

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Des
NowSMS Support