How to make PHP form that sends its results as a text message?

Question

I want customers to be able to fill out a form on my website and when they click submit, I need those results sent to me in a text message on my phone. Can anyone give me some pointers, helpful information??

Answer 1

You need to buy an SMS gateway for this.. SMS Gateway enables you to easily send and receive text messages over GSM / CDMA cellular telephone networks from your local PC or through the internet...



you will get it from any cellphone provider...

Answer 2

Take a look at this tutorial, it will show you how to send text messages from PHP:

http://www.grnlight.net/index.php/programming-articles/12-php/89-how-to-send-text-messages-from-your-website-with-php

Answer 3

To expand upon previous answers, most major carriers already provide SMS gateways.



Note however that I would not recommend depending only upon SMS for reliable delivery of critical information. In other words, you might want to do something else as well (email it elsewhere, keep a copy in a database, or whatever).

Answer 4

Use the PHP mail() function and send the message to your phone's email address. http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php



If you want to send it directly as an SMS, you'll need an SMS gateway to send it through.