Twilio ignoring errors in PHP library - php

Question

I have a problem. I have set up the Twilio helper library in PHP to send SMS and everything works fine. But I need to do something and I cant figure out how to do it.
Here is the working code:
try {
$errorIds = array(); //user ids array which had broken phones
$count = 0;
foreach($listUsers as $user){
$sms = $service->account->sms_messages->create(
$fromPhone,
$user['phone'], // From user phone array
$message
);
if(!$sms){ //on error push userId in to error array
$count++;
array_push($errorIds, $user['userId']);
} else {
$count=0;
}
if($count>20){ //if 20 errors in row give back errors
$data['results'] = "error";
$data['message'] = "Encountered to many failed messages in row";
$data['error_id_array'] = $errorIds;
$data['error_id'] = $user['userId'];
echo json_encode($data);
}
}
$data['results'] = "success";
$data['message'] = "Your message have been sent successfully";
$data['error_id_array'] = $errorIds;
echo json_encode($data);
} catch (Services_Twilio_RestException $e) {
$data['results'] = "error";
$data['message'] = $e->getMessage();
$data['error_id'] = $user['userId'];
echo json_encode($data);
}
Everything works fine. The problem is when an error happens because of a broken phone, the loop which goes through the array breaks and sending stops. I need to keep sending, how could I do this? This is controller and requests is sent from ajax call, thats why there are echo statements!

Answer 1

When exception throws, the foreach loop breaks and execution comes to catch
So make your code as
try {
$errorIds = array(); //user ids array which had broken phones
$count = 0;
foreach($listUsers as $user){
try
{
$sms = $service->account->sms_messages->create(
$fromPhone,
$user['phone'], // From user phone array
$message
);
}
catch (Exception $e)
{ //on error push userId in to error array
$count++;
array_push($errorIds, $user['userId']);
}
if($count>20){ //if 20 errors in row give back errors
$data['results'] = "error";
$data['message'] = "Encountered to many failed messages in row";
$data['error_id_array'] = $errorIds;
$data['error_id'] = $user['userId'];
echo json_encode($data);
}
}
$data['results'] = "success";
$data['message'] = "Your message have been sent successfully";
$data['error_id_array'] = $errorIds;
echo json_encode($data);
} catch (Services_Twilio_RestException $e) {
$data['results'] = "error";
$data['message'] = $e->getMessage();
$data['error_id'] = $user['userId'];
echo json_encode($data);
}
An additional try catch block within foreach loop

Answer 2

Here's the same code but a bit trimmed... This worked for me!
<?PHP
require "Services/Twilio.php";
// Set our AccountSid and AuthToken from twilio.com/user/account
$AccountSid = "{ACCOUNTSID}";
$AuthToken = "{AUTHTOKEN}";
// Instantiate a new Twilio Rest Client
$client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid, $AuthToken);
/* Your Twilio Number or Outgoing Caller ID */
$from = '2126404004';
$people = array("212-716-1130");
$body = "Enter your text message here";
$errorIds = array(); //user ids array which had broken phones
foreach ($people as $to) {
try
{
$client->account->sms_messages->create($from, $to, $body);
echo "Sent message to: $to \n <br>";
}
catch (Exception $e)
{ //on error push userId in to error array
$count++;
array_push($errorIds, $to);
}
}
print_r($errorIds);
?>