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CakePHP and Twilio: Receiving and Replying to SMS

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Date Published
Author
Meghan Murphy
Word Count
1,120
Company Posts That Month
26
Language
English
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Summary

CakePHP and Twilio are used together to receive and reply to SMS messages. The process involves setting up a Twilio number, creating a TwiML application, and configuring CakePHP to handle the requests. This includes adding a line to the `app/Config/core.php` file to set the 'twilio' prefix, another line to the `app/Config/routes.php` file to parse the '.xml' extension, and creating an action in the `InstallationsController.php` file to receive and process the SMS messages. The action checks for a POST request, finds the correct installation using the Twilio phone number, creates a message array, saves it to the database, and sends a response with a 'Thank you!' message.

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