How do I read / get contents of a text message body? - php

Question

I'm going to use a SMS to Web Server, which will forward incoming text messages to my web server.
The message body will contain some short codes, a mobile number and a amount in a format. I need to store the details separately to variables.
Here's an example, what I will receive in my web server through POST method:
$sender = "9999912345";
$date = "2017-04-14 13:04:40";
$message = "RCG ARTL 9700012345 50";
I need to store the contents of $message separately to variables:
$cmd = "RCG";
$op = "ARTL";
$no = "9700012345";
$amt = "50";
Please help!

Answer 1

Please try this code:
$message = "RCG ARTL 9700012345 50";
$arr = explode(" ", $message);
$cmd = $arr[0];
$op = $arr[1];
$no = $arr[2];
$amt = $arr[3];

Answer 2

<?php
$message = "RCG ARTL 9700012345 50";
list($cmd, $op, $no, $amt) = explode(" ",$message);
you can test it.

Answer 3

Try this code, use explode function with space as the delimiter and then make sure exploded message (an array) is contains 4 key/value.
$cmd = '';
$op = '';
$no = '';
$amt = '';
$explodedMessage = explode(' ', $message);
if (count($explodedMessage)==4){
$cmd.=$explodedMessage[0];
$op.=$explodedMessage[1];
$no.=$explodedMessage[2];
$amt.=$explodedMessage[3];
}

Answer 4

You can try this.
$message = "RCG ARTL 9700012345 50";
list($cmd, $op, $no, $amount) = explode(' ', $message);
var_dump($cmd, $op, $no, $amount);
Output:
string(3) "RCG"
string(4) "ARTL"
string(10) "9700012345"
string(2) "50"

Answer 5

You can convert the $message into an array using explode function where the delimitre will be a space. and then can access it the way you want it.
$message = "RCG ARTL 9700012345 50";
$messageArray = explode(" ", $message);
$someText = $messageArray[0];