You can install twilio-php via PEAR or by downloading the source.
PEAR is a package manager for PHP. Open a command line and use these PEAR commands to download the helper library:
$ pear channel-discover twilio.github.com/pear
$ pear install twilio/Services_Twilio
If you get the following message:
$ -bash: pear: command not found
you can install PEAR from their website, or download the source directly.
twilio-php is available on Packagist as the
twilio/sdk package.
Click here to download the source (.zip) which includes all dependencies.
Once you download the library, move the twilio-php folder to your project directory and then include the library file:
require '/path/to/twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php';
and you're good to go!
With the twilio-php library, we've simplified interaction with the Twilio REST API. No need to manually create URLS or parse XML/JSON. You now interact with resources directly. Follow the Quickstart Guide to get up and running right now. The User Guide shows you how to get the most out of twilio-php.
<?php
// Install the library via PEAR or download the .zip file to your project folder.
// This line loads the library
require('/path/to/twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php');
$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/user/account
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/user/account
$client = new Services_Twilio($sid, $token);
$message = $client->account->sms_messages->create(
'9991231234', // From a valid Twilio number
'8881231234', // Text this number
"Hello monkey!"
);
print $message->sid;<?php
// Install the library via PEAR or download the .zip file to your project folder.
// This line loads the library
require('/path/to/twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php');
$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/user/account
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/user/account
$client = new Services_Twilio($sid, $token);
$call = $client->account->calls->create(
'9991231234', // From a valid Twilio number
'8881231234', // Call this number
// Read TwiML at this URL when a call connects (hold music)
'https://twimlets.com/holdmusic?Bucket=com.twilio.music.ambient'
);To control phone calls, your application needs to output
TwiML. Use
Services_Twilio_Twiml to easily create such responses.
<?php
require('/path/to/twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php');
$response = new Services_Twilio_Twiml();
$response->say('Hello');
$response->play('https://api.twilio.com/cowbell.mp3', array("loop" => 5));
print $response;That will output XML that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response>
<Say>Hello</Say>
<Play loop="5">https://api.twilio.com/cowbell.mp3</Play>
<Response>The documentation for twilio-php is hosted at Read the Docs. Click here to read our full documentation.
- PHP >= 5.2.3
- The PHP JSON extension
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