twilio-php

The default branch name for this repository has been changed to main as of 07/27/2020.

Documentation

The documentation for the Twilio API can be found here.

The PHP library documentation can be found here.

Versions

twilio-php uses a modified version of Semantic Versioning for all changes. See this document for details.

Supported PHP Versions

This library supports the following PHP implementations:

• PHP 7.2
• PHP 7.3
• PHP 7.4
• PHP 8.0

Installation

You can install twilio-php via composer or by downloading the source.

Via Composer:

twilio-php is available on Packagist as the twilio/sdk package:

composer require twilio/sdk

Quickstart

Send an SMS

// Send an SMS using Twilio's REST API and PHP
<?php
$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/console
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/console

$client = new Twilio\Rest\Client($sid, $token);
$message = $client->messages->create(
  '8881231234', // Text this number
  [
    'from' => '9991231234', // From a valid Twilio number
    'body' => 'Hello from Twilio!'
  ]
);

print $message->sid;

Make a Call

<?php
$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/console
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/console

$client = new Twilio\Rest\Client($sid, $token);

// Read TwiML at this URL when a call connects (hold music)
$call = $client->calls->create(
  '8881231234', // Call this number
  '9991231234', // From a valid Twilio number
  [
      'url' => 'https://twimlets.com/holdmusic?Bucket=com.twilio.music.ambient'
  ]
);

Specify Region and/or Edge

To take advantage of Twilio's Global Infrastructure, specify the target Region and/or Edge for the client:

<?php
$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/console
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/console

$client = new Twilio\Rest\Client($sid, $token, null, 'au1');
$client->setEdge('sydney');

A Client constructor without these parameters will also look for TWILIO_REGION and TWILIO_EDGE variables inside the current environment.

This will result in the hostname transforming from api.twilio.com to api.sydney.au1.twilio.com.

Enable Debug Logging

There are two ways to enable debug logging in the default HTTP client. You can create an environment variable called TWILIO_LOG_LEVEL and set it to debug or you can set the log level to debug:

$sid = "ACXXXXXX"; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/console
$token = "YYYYYY"; // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/console

$client = new Twilio\Rest\Client($sid, $token);
$client->setLogLevel('debug');

Generating TwiML

To control phone calls, your application needs to output TwiML.

Use Twilio\TwiML\(Voice|Messaging|Fax)Response to easily chain said responses.

<?php
$response = new Twilio\TwiML\VoiceResponse();
$response->say('Hello');
$response->play('https://api.twilio.com/cowbell.mp3', ['loop' => 5]);
print $response;

That will output XML that looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response>
    <Say>Hello</Say>
    <Play loop="5">https://api.twilio.com/cowbell.mp3</Play>
</Response>

Handling Exceptions

For an example on how to handle exceptions in this helper library, please see the Twilio documentation.

Using a Custom HTTP Client

To use a custom HTTP client with this helper library, please see the Twilio documentation.

Docker Image

The Dockerfile present in this repository and its respective twilio/twilio-php Docker image are currently used by Twilio for testing purposes only.

Getting help

If you need help installing or using the library, please check the Twilio Support Help Center first, and file a support ticket if you don't find an answer to your question.

If you've instead found a bug in the library or would like new features added, go ahead and open issues or pull requests against this repo!