The 160 byte limit is carrier/handset dependent, and goes as low as 140 for some Canadian carriers. The cell phone companies are happy to provision you with a gateway account, if you can prove you are not a cell-spammer and will pay them money. If not, you are at the mercy of free systems designed for casual limited use by end users, and abusing that with a PHP script that could send lots of messages would be a very Bad Idea -- They'll just block you as soon as you get going. The core gear is owned by the phone companies. They're not interested in providing free spammer access wide open to the general public for some reason... On Sun, December 23, 2007 8:59 am, Bastien Koert wrote: > > Sending proper SMS messges requires that you use an SMS gateway or buy > a cellular modem. SMS is essentially XML will the message body limited > to 160 characters. > > do some googling to get more information > > bastien > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:30:29 +0330 >> From: behzad.eslami@xxxxxxxxx >> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Sending SMS via PHP >> >> Hi, >> >> How can i send SMS messages via PHP? How can i set SMS-headers >> (UDH)? >> Does anyone know some article/class/package about this issue? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> -b > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover new ways to stay in touch with Windows Live! Visit the City @ > Live today! > http://getyourliveid.ca/?icid=LIVEIDENCA006 > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
