For personnel projects, one might need to send a message to a phone to give updates or alerts. This can be done relatively easily by using PHP and its "mail()" command. But, we need to know what gateway to send it to and what the number is. The number part is easy but gateways vary. So, here is a reference list of Email-to-SMS Gateways. In addition, there is a quick code reference part to help get the ball rolling. As a final point before starting, you will need a proper mailing system and FQDN to make sure messages get through. Some gateways are highly fickle and you might not always get the SMS sent through using this setup. So, don't use this in a commercial context unless you do the aforementioned.

Code Reference:

First, you'll need the program "mail()" uses to send messages. In a terminal do:

sudo apt-get install sendmail

Then, edit the host file found at /etc/hosts. You'll have something like this at the top: 127.0.0.1 localhost. You need it to be setup the proper FQDN syntax; so, something like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost.example.com is needed. After all that is setup (You might need to reboot.) you simply need to insert into a PHP script the following:

$number   = "[email protected]";
$subject  = "Your sybject message here.";         // Not used in text messages per say
$tmessage = wordwrap("Your message here.", 70 );

mail($number, $subject, $tmessage);

Gateway List:

Check out my article regarding Quick Test Servers so you can test this out properly!