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Send SMS and Viber message via AlphaSMS (alphasms.ua) using this framework package.

Library for sending and checking of the statuses SMS and Viber messages via the AlphaSMS.ua service.

PHP >= 5.6.0

Minimum PHP interpreter version is 5.6

Installation

Install the package via composer.

composer require alphasms/gateway

How to get an API key

• Register in the website https://alphasms.ua/
• Sign in into personal cabinet https://alphasms.ua/panel/
• Visit a settings section https://alphasms.ua/panel/settings/
• Open a tab API and find you own API key

Usage in Yii2

Put to component section in you config file a next fragment:

    'alphasms' => [
        'class' => 'alphasms\gateway\AlphaSMS',
        'config' => [
            'api_key' => '',
            'sms_sender' => 'Your alphaname',
        ],
    ],

Here you can fill all of parameters api_key, sms_sender, viber_sender, etc.

You always can access an AlphaSMS gateway like in example bellow:

Yii::$app->alphasms::sendSms([...]);

Usage in Laravel and in other frameworks

In other cases you should define a used class and call a static method:

<?php

use \alphasms\gateway\AlphaSMS;

class SiteController extends Controller
{
    public function actionIndex()
    {
        AlphaSMS::setApiKey('...');
        AlphaSMS::setSmsSender('Alphaname');
        
        AlphaSMS::sendSms(['...']);
    }
}

Configuration methods

setApiKey($apiKey) - string specify an API key different from the value in the config

AlphaSMS::setApiKey('API_KEY');

setSMSSender($smsSender) - string specify an SMS sender different from the value in the config

AlphaSMS::setSmsSender('AlphaSMS');

setViberSender($viberSender) - string specify a Viber sender different from the value in the config

AlphaSMS::setViberSender('ViberSender');

setViberLifetime($seconds) - int lifetime of Viber message in seconds (60 - 86400)

AlphaSMS::setViberLifetime(60);

setViberForceSms($int) - int re-send a message via SMS if it is impossible to deliver via Viber

AlphaSMS::setViberForceSms(1);

Price method

getPrice($array) - array tries to know a price of SMS sending by an array of data in first parameter. Returns string error or array with float price and string currency.

$price_arr = AlphaSMS::getPrice([
    'recipient' => '380961234567',        // string
    'message' => 'SMS text goes here',    // string
]);

Sending methods

sendSms($array) - array sends simple SMS by an array of data in first parameter. Returns string error or int with queue Id. This Id can be used for check a status or decline a sending.

$queue_or_error = AlphaSMS::sendSms([
    // required
    'recipient' => '380961234567',        // string
    'message' => 'SMS text goes here',    // string
    
    // not required
    'sms_sender' => 'Alphaname',              // string
    'date_time' => '2025-01-01T09:00:00+0300', // string
]);

sendViber($array) - array sends a message to Viber by an array of data in first parameter. Returns string error or int with queue Id.

$queue_or_error = AlphaSMS::sendViber([
    // required
    'recipient' => '380961234567',        // string
    'message' => 'Text of viber message', // string
    
    // not required
    'viber_sender' => 'Viber-name',             // string
    'date_time' => '2025-01-01T09:00:00+0300', // string
    'lifetime' => 60,                     // int|string
    'image' => 'full_path_to_image',      // string
    'button' => 'Visit a website',        // string
    'url' => 'http://site.com/',          // string
    
    'force_sms' => 1,                     // int|string
    'sms_sender' => 'Alpha-name',         // string
]);

Other methods

getBalance() - returns float value of a balance by defined API key

$balance = AlphaSMS::getBalance();

getStatus($queue_id) - returns string with a status of message by queue Id int

$status = AlphaSMS::getStatus(1234567);

deleteQueue($queue_id) - int. Tries to remove a delayed message (if was set date_time parameter). Returns bool true|false.

AlphaSMS::deleteQueue(1234567);

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.