Run a url to send sms in the background?

when I approve an o开发者_运维问答rder, it redirects to a confirmation page which adds details to dbase, send email etc... Now, I want that to also send sms automatically by loading the gateway url the url open in browser but I want it to run in the background.

For now, I put a link where I click and it opens in new browser...

Please help

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If I understand correctly you send the SMS by opening an URL. You could achieve this by opening the url with cURL in a php file:

// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);

for more info see: http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

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See Asynchronous PHP calls - this should be what you need.

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You can use Tasks module for delayed (background) execution.
You can put there sms and email sending, and your main page will not have to wait their execution.

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It may not be what your looking for but is worth mentioning. Why dont you just CC the email to your carriers SMS email?

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com