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/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
