Database change via SMS (twilio?)

Question

So I've got a web application, let's say with 2 sub domains a.domain.com and b.domain.com

If there is an update on " a " -they currently get an email, and have to sign in to the website and do something. Is there a way (maybe through Twilio??) that I could do this via SMS?

Basically:

1 - There's a user update to " a.subdomain.com "

2 - The 'owner' of " a " gets an SMS asking for 'yes' or 'no' (the sms could be sent via PHP, or twilio perhaps?)

3 - The 'owner' replys 'yes' and This happens. if they reply 'no', nothing happens.

this is essentially a MySQL database change, changing a pst_stt to one of three values, and pst_dte to PHP's date(Ymd) function.

I know I can send the text via SMS.

Is there a way to RECEIVE and do something if it's received? All without " b .domain.com" being affected? something like, " a " set's their phone number to be '555-5555'. That number get's a text asking yes or no. They send yes ->

$text = (((the reply text received)));
$sender = (((the senders phone number)));
$phone = option('phone_number', 'options-page');

if($text == 'yes' && $sender === $phone){
    /*Do the simple Database update*/
}

I don't believe there is a way to receive SMS via php... so would something like Twilio do what I need?

Answer 1

You can do it with SMSIfied . They have a PHP library on GitHub that simplifies using their REST API with PHP. They show an example on receiving a text message with PHP on the GitHub home page.

Answer 2

Twillio makes it really easy to do this. You can look at their example pages. Its a pretty fantastic service. You can also send text messages for free to phones if you know their service provider. You just email thenumber@provider.com. Sometimes its @txt.provider.com.