How to use Twilio sms send api in PHP-Laravel

How to use Twilio sms send api in PHP-Laravel

Step 1. First of all you need create an account on website www.twilio.com for use twilio send sms api.

Step 2:Now  Get a phone number for free trial twilio

Step 3:Now  Get Twilio Account SID and Auth token for use twilio sms api.

NOTE : you can only use one phone number in your twilio trial account and it should be verified by twilio.

How to use it in Laravel

Step 1: Create a new laravel project

Step 2:Run command in composer

composer require twilio/sdk

Step 3:Add these in your .env file

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
TWILIO_APP_SID=APXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


Step 4: Now add it in config/app.php.

'twilio' => [
    'TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'  => env('TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'),
    'TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID' => env('TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'),
    'TWILIO_APP_SID'     => env('TWILIO_APP_SID')
],

Step 5: Now create sms controller.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Twilio\Rest\Client;
use Twilio\Jwt\ClientToken;

class SmsController extends Controller
{
    public function sendSms()
    {
        $accountSid = config('app.twilio')['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'];
        $authToken  = config('app.twilio')['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN'];
        $appSid     = config('app.twilio')['TWILIO_APP_SID'];
        $client = new Client($accountSid, $authToken);
        try
        {
            // Use the client to do fun stuff like send text messages!
            $client->messages->create(
            // the number you'd like to send the message to
                '+919033999999',
           array(
                 // A Twilio phone number you purchased at twilio.com/console
                 'from' => '+17204393482',
                 // the body of the text message you'd like to send
                 'body' => 'Hey Ketav! It’s good to see you after long time!'
             )
         );
   }
        catch (Exception $e)
        {
            echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
        }
    }
}