Adding media to Twilio group messaging system - php

Question

My group messaging app allowing people in a group (people.php) to sms each other in a closed system where all users can view and reply to the sms.
My next step would be to allow the media files which I can see on the Twilio Console to be sent to others in this group message system and possibly save a record of that media file.
This my code so far, it functions just missing the media part.
listener.php
<?php
include("../Services/Twilio.php");
include("config.php");
$client = new Services_Twilio($accountsid, $authtoken);
include("functions.php");
include("pdo.class.php");
include("people.php");
if( isset($_POST['Body']) ){
$phone = $_POST['From'];
$message = ($_POST['Body']);
$media = ($_POST['MediaUrl0']);
$name = $people[ $phone ];
if( empty($name) ) $name = $phone;
// resends sms message to group
$message = '['.$name.'] '.$message .$media;
foreach ($people as $number => $name) {
if( $number == $phone ) continue;
$sid = send_sms($number,$message,$media);
}
// reply message for succesfull sent sms
print_sms_reply("Message delivered");
// insert sms traffic into database for record purposes
$now = time();
$pdo = Db::singleton();
$sql = "INSERT INTO message_log SET `message`='{$message}', `sent_from`='{$name}'";
$pdo->exec( $sql );
}
?>
function.php
<?php
function send_sms($number,$message){
global $client,$fromNumber;
$sms = $client->account->sms_messages->create(
$fromNumber,
$number,
$message
);
return $sms->sid;
}
function print_sms_reply ($sms_reply){
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
echo "<Response>\n<Sms>\n";
echo $sms_reply;
echo "</Sms></Response>\n";
}
?>
people.php
<?php
include("config.php");
$conn=mysqli_connect("$dbhost","$dbuser","$dbpass","$dbname")
or die (mysqli_error());
$query = "SELECT phone, name FROM grouplist";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
$people = array();
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$people[$row['phone']] = $row['name'];
}
?>

Answer 1

Twilio developer evangelist here.
Looks like you need to update your send_sms function to include the media url. Something like this should work:
<?php
function send_sms($number,$message,$media_url){
global $client,$fromNumber;
$sms = $client->account->messages->create(array(
'To' => $number,
'From' => $fromNumber,
'Body' => $message,
'MediaUrl' => $media_url
);
return $sms->sid;
}
?>
Notably, I've updated the call from $client->account->sms_messages->create because the sms_messages resource is deprecated and cannot send media messages. Using $client->account->messages->create uses the newer Messages resource and means you will be able to send media messages.
Let me know if this helps at all.