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savannabits/movesms
===================

PHP Laravel Adapter for fluently interacting with the Movetech Bulk SMS API

v1.0.0(4y ago)123MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

Since Apr 22Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel / PHP Movesms
=====================

[](#laravel--php-movesms)

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The Laravel / PHP SDK for Movetech Solutions' Bulk SMS API (Movesms). See their [Bulk SMS API](https://developers.movesms.co.ke/start.html) for more details.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require savannabits/movesms
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Required API Params:

[](#required-api-params)

- username - Your account Username
- api\_key - Your API Key
- sender - Your Sender ID
- to - Your Recipients separated by commas
- message - Your Text Message
- msgtype - Type of the message (use 5 for plain sms)
- dlr - Type of Delivery Report(use 0 for no delivery Report)

### Send Bulk SMS:

[](#send-bulk-sms)

```
$username = "YOUR MOVETECH USERNAME";
$senderId = "YOUR MOVETECH SENDER ID";
$apiKey = "YOUR MOVETECH API KEY";

$recipients = ["+254xxxxxx"]; //Array of recipient phone numbers in international format
$message = "Hello World! Here is my message.";

$res =  Savannabits\Movesms\Movesms::init($username,$apiKey, $senderId)
            ->to($recipients)
            ->message($message)
            ->send();

// Returns a php object with the following format:
$res = [
    "success" => true, //boolean
    "message" => "Message Sent:1701" // Or the error in case success = false
];
```

### Schedule SMS to send Later

[](#schedule-sms-to-send-later)

```
$scheduleAt = '2021-04-24 14:04:00'; // Time in the format Y-m-d H:i:s
$res =  Savannabits\Movesms\Movesms::init($username,$apiKey, $senderId)
            ->to($recipients)
            ->message($message)
            ->sendLater($scheduleAt);
```

### Check credit Balance

[](#check-credit-balance)

```
$res = Savannabits\Movesms\Movesms::checkBalance($apiKey);
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Sam Maosa](https://github.com/savannabits)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~286 days

Total

2

Last Release

1556d ago

Major Versions

v0.0.1 → v1.0.02022-02-02

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.0.1PHP ^7.2

v1.0.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c07613c8ab7356eb1d69752c0f2dc5802aeca61029ea8d3e6b9e58bfacee6af?d=identicon)[coolsam726](/maintainers/coolsam726)

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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![Health badge](/badges/savannabits-movesms/health.svg)

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```

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