TWILIO MESSAGE SERVICE

Do some basic steps in TWILIO:

https://console.twilio.com/us1/account/manage-account/general-settings

https://console.twilio.com/us1/develop/sms/settings/geo-permissions

https://console.twilio.com/us1/develop/sms/try-it-out/send-an-sms

https://console.twilio.com/us1/monitor/logs/debugger/errors

Helper Function:

use Twilio\Rest\Client;

function sendSMS($req_dialCode,$req_number,$req_message){

    try{

        $account_sid =  env('TWILIO_SID');

        $account_token =  env('TWILIO_TOKEN');

        $account_from =  env('TWILIO_FROM');

        if(isset($req_dialCode) && isset($req_number)){

        $client = new Client($account_sid, $account_token);

       

        // $client->messages->create('+91'.$req_number,[

        $client->messages->create($req_dialCode.$req_number,[

            'body'=>$req_message,

            "messagingServiceSid" => "MG8705dcb3a7869e23e6bb8287243507d6"

            // 'from'=>$account_from,

        ]);             }

        return "Message sent.";

    }catch(\Exception $ex){

        return $ex->getMessage();

    }        

}

.env 

TWILIO_SID=value

TWILIO_TOKEN=value

TWILIO_FROM=value

Call from controller  or view functions

        $sms_res = sendSMS($user_details->dial_code, $user_details->cellphone,'Important: Your One-Time Password (OTP) for Account Security. Your OTP is : '.$otp.' . Keep it confidential.');