Laravel Twilio

A laravel package that helps you integrate twilio into your laravel app easily.

Installation

Require the package in the composer file:

    "require": {
        ....
        "webiver/laravel-twilio": "dev-master"
    },

then run composer install.

Register the provider

Register the package service provider in config/app.php file:

Webiver\LaravelTwilio\LaravelTwilioServiceProvider::class,

Add Environment Variables

Now we have to add three lines in .env file

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=
TWILIO_SMS_PHONE_NUMBER=
TWILIO_WHATSAPP_PHONE_NUMBER=

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN are credentails that you can get from your twilio account.

TWILIO_SMS_PHONE_NUMBER refers to the sms phone sender number that will be registered with twillio.

TWILIO_WHATSAPP_PHONE_NUMBER refers to the whatsapp phone sender number that will be registered with twillio.

add these values and run:

php artisan config:clear

Usage

use Webiver\LaravelTwilio\Twilio;



$toPhone = "+20120****"; // You need to complete the number in the international format
$mesaage = "Hello World";

// send sms message
Twilio::sms($toPhone,$mesaage);

// send whatsapp message
Twilio::whatsapp($toPhone,$mesaage);