What are some best practices for creating a platform in PHP to send recurring SMS messages?

To create a platform in PHP to send recurring SMS messages, you can use a cron job to schedule the sending of messages at specific intervals. You can store the message content and recipient information in a database and then use a PHP script to fetch the data and send the SMS using a service like Twilio. 

// Sample PHP script to send recurring SMS messages using Twilio

// Include the Twilio PHP library
require_once 'path/to/twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php';

// Twilio credentials
$account_sid = 'your_account_sid';
$auth_token = 'your_auth_token';
$twilio_number = 'your_twilio_number';

// Connect to the database
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=your_database', 'your_username', 'your_password');

// Query to fetch messages scheduled for sending
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM messages WHERE send_at <= NOW() AND sent = 0");
$stmt->execute();
$messages = $stmt->fetchAll();

// Send SMS messages
$client = new Services_Twilio($account_sid, $auth_token);

foreach ($messages as $message) {
    $client->account->messages->sendMessage(
        $twilio_number,
        $message['recipient_number'],
        $message['message_body']
    );

    // Update the message status to sent
    $updateStmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE messages SET sent = 1 WHERE id = :id");
    $updateStmt->bindParam(':id', $message['id']);
    $updateStmt->execute();
}

Keywords

cron job SMS gateway API Twilio scheduling database storage

Related Questions