Getting an Error Message when Sending SMS using using PHP

Question

I have an sms server installed on my computer and a gsm modem attached to the usb port, so if I hit http://localhost:9333/ozeki? on the browser a login page appears and after I log in there is a form using which I can send sms to mobile phones. This works fine.

Now to send sms from my web application(which will be running on localhost)

I have created a form and it looks like following

<form name="form" action="send.php" method="post">

<table width="600" align="center" border="1">
<tr>
<td>Sender </td> <td> <input type="text" name="sender" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Recepient </td> <td> <input type="text" name="recepient" /> </td>
</tr>
 <tr>
<td>Message </td> <td> <input type="text" name="message" /> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send" /> </td>
</tr>

</table>
</form>

My send.php

   $recepient=$_POST['recepient'];
   $message=$_POST['message'];
   $sender=$_POST['sender'];

   $url='http://localhost:9333/ozeki?';
  $url.="action=sendMessage";
  $url.="&login=admin";
  $url.="&password=abc123";
  $url.="&recepient=".urlencode($recepient);
  $url.="&messageData=".urlencode($message);
  $url.="&sender=".urlencode($sender);
  file($url);

Now the problem is when I click on the submit button the page goes to send.php and usually it takes a lot of time to respond and when it finally does this error message appear:

Warning: file(http://localhost:9333/ozeki?action=sendMessage&login=admin&password=abc123&recepient={my_number}&messageData=comp&sender={my_number}) [function.file]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\xampp\htdocs\sms\send.php on line 14

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\xampp\htdocs\sms\send.php on line 16

You said there is a log in page you have to log into first before you can send an SMS. Are you sure that appending the login and password is correct? Maybe there is a cookie that it expects you to be sending instead of the details in the request. What happens if you paste your $url into the browser (without logging in first). — AndrewR
– AndrewR, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 16:23
@AndrewR thanks for your reply. If I paste the URL I mean this-> localhost:9333/ozeki? then the user login page appears. Thanks :) — black_belt
– black_belt, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 16:53
And Yes I have checked the login and password.. they are both correct :) — black_belt
– black_belt, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 16:54
What I meant was, what do you get when you paste the full URL http://localhost:9333/ozeki?action=sendMessage&login=admin&password=abc123&recepient=01672095631&messageData=comp&sender=01719349818 - Does it send your message? — AndrewR
– AndrewR, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 16:54

Franz · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 16:22:33Z

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Try file_get_contents() instead of file().

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 16:22

Franz

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