On 29 Mar 2012, at 22:44, Brian Dunning wrote:
Anyone know a way to update Google Plus via the 33669 SMS number?
Yes, I have seen the popular how-to instructions to get the secret email
address by using Google Voice and forcing the error message, but I'd prefer a
legit non-hack way to do it. I'd even be happy to pay for an SMS gateway
rather than depend on the email address, which they might decide to terminate.
With PHP is not a magic phrase that will make anything relevant for
discussion on this list, but it's 2:10am and I'm feeling generous.
So, to send an SMS message with PHP...
* Use PHP to access the API for a commercial SMS gateway. There's loads of
these, Google can find them for you. Each will likely have sample PHP code (the
one I use, Clickatell does).
* Install something like Kannel and use PHP to access its API. I dabbled with
this a bit, but in terms of the cost of my time it was far cheaper to use a
commercial gateway.
* Use PHP to talk directly to a mobile phone through a serial interface. Ditto
as far as the reason why I didn't go down this route. I tried it back in the
late 90s and it was fun, but commercially speaking it was a waste of time.
There's very little PHP involved here, and frankly Google could have given you
these answers with very little effort on your part. Yeah, the generosity wore
off :)*
-Stuart
* Smileys aren't magic either. Well, actually some are. Like the SMS you can
send to an iPhone and it comes out looking like a whale - that's pretty magical
and totally awesome. I think I've been staring at ColdFusion code for too long;
I've gone all peculiar!
--
Stuart Dallas
3ft9 Ltd
http://3ft9.com/
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