How to Send SMS using Twilio in Laravel?

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How to Send SMS using Twilio in Laravel?

By Hardik Savani February 17, 2021 Category : LaravelPauseUnmuteLoaded: 2.36%Fullscreen

Hi,

In this example, i will show you send sms using twilio in laravel. step by step explain laravel - twilio sms notifications. This post will give you simple example of laravel sms notification twilio. you'll learn laravel send sms to mobile with twilio.

In this example, i will give you very simple example to sending sms using twilio api in laravel app. you can easily use this code in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8 and laravel 9 app.

let's follow bellow steps:

Step 1: Install Laravel

first of all we need to get fresh Laravel version application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2: Create Twilio Account

First you need to create and add phone number. then you can easily get account SID, Token and Number.

Create Account from here: www.twilio.com.

Next add Twilio Phone Number

Next you can get account SID, Token and Number and add on .env file as like bellow:

.env

TWILIO_SID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTWILIO_TOKEN=XXXXXXXXXXXXXTWILIO_FROM=+XXXXXXXXXXX

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Step 3: Install twilio/sdk Package

In this step, we need to install twilio/sdk composer package to use twilio api. so let's run bellow command:

composer require twilio/sdk

Step 4: Create Route

now we will create one route for calling our example, so let's add new route to web.php file as bellow:

routes/web.php

<?php  use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;  use App\Http\Controllers\TwilioSMSController;  /*|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Web Routes|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!|*/  Route::get('sendSMS', [TwilioSMSController::class, 'index']);

Step 5: Create Controller

in this step, we will create TwilioSMSController and write send sms logic, so let's add new route to web.php file as bellow:

app/Http/Controllers/TwilioSMSController.php

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<?php  namespace App\Http\Controllers;  use Illuminate\Http\Request;use Exception;use Twilio\Rest\Client;  class TwilioSMSController extends Controller{    /**     * Write code on Method     *     * @return response()     */    public function index()    {        $receiverNumber = "RECEIVER_NUMBER";        $message = "This is testing from ItSolutionStuff.com";          try {              $account_sid = getenv("TWILIO_SID");            $auth_token = getenv("TWILIO_TOKEN");            $twilio_number = getenv("TWILIO_FROM");              $client = new Client($account_sid, $auth_token);            $client->messages->create($receiverNumber, [                'from' => $twilio_number,                 'body' => $message]);              dd('SMS Sent Successfully.');          } catch (Exception $e) {            dd("Error: ". $e->getMessage());        }    }}

Now you can run and check.

I hope it can help you...