{"id":89007,"date":"2025-08-08T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/twilio-geo-text-plug-in-a-php-uber-style-geotracker-add-on\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:36:03","slug":"twilio-geo-text-plug-in-a-php-uber-style-geotracker-add-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/twilio-geo-text-plug-in-a-php-uber-style-geotracker-add-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilio “Geo-text” Plug-In (a PHP Uber-style Geotracker Add On)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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WHAT IS “GEO-TEXTING”?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\n(def) “Geo-texting”<\/i> – (verb) the act of inviting folks by way of textual content to share their location realtime with one another on a personal geomap…uberstyle. Anybody with a smartphone and might textual content to the geo-text telephone quantity can play dispatcher and invite folks to share a geomap. To arrange your individual geo-text your individual setting, you’ll must host this plug-in, my newest script PHP Uber-style Geotracking<\/a> and Twilio’s SMS “texting” providers (www.twilio.com<\/a>). <\/p>\n

You’ll be able to strive it out NOW in my demo setting right here. Simply textual content instructions (beneath) to 415-360-0886 – Click on here<\/a> or on “Stay Demo” hyperlink above to get the complete record of instructions. <\/p>\n

QUICK START EXAMPLE: textual content the command ‘list-maps’ to 415-360-0886 in your telephone now, it ought to say you don’t have any maps. Create a map and invite some folks to trace – textual content a comma or an area delimited record of telephone numbers or e mail addresses to 415-360-0886. These numbers and e mail addresses will obtain an e mail or textual content the place there’s a hyperlink than when clicked on utilizing a smartphone will likely be tracked in a personal geomap.)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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WHAT DOES THIS TWILIO “GEO-TEXT” PLUG-IN DO?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

This geotext plug-in is an SMS textual content front-end (leveraging Twilio) to my authentic geolocation script – PHP Uber-style GeoTracking<\/a> script.<\/p>\n

This Twilio “Geo-text” plug-in is an add-on to my PHP Uber-style Geotracking<\/a> script that enables anybody with entry to your Twilio telephone quantity to ask folks by way of textual content to share their location with others uber-style on a personal geomap. As well as the script options dispatcher performance not discovered within the authentic geotracking script. This performance consists of managing a number of geomaps, including\/deleting geotrackees, renaming maps and geotrackees, pinging geotrackees to replace their location, all from a smartphone utilizing SMS texting.<\/p>\n

The script is straightforward to put in – simply unzip contents – 1 file – into the <root>\/php\/sms folder of your authentic PHP Uber-style Geotracking instalation. This requires a Twilio account to ship and course of SMS texts. Configuration directions to hyperlink your Twilio telephone quantity to this plug-in seem beneath. <\/p>\n

NOTE: THIS SCRIPT IS AN ADD-ON AND REQUIRES THE PURCHASE OF MY PHP UBER-STYLE GEOTRACKING<\/a><\/i> SCRIPT. THIS ALSO REQUIRES SIGNING UP FOR A PAID TWILIO ACCOUNT.<\/p>\n

This script consists of PHP code that CAN BE USED BY PHP DEVELOPERS AS A TEMPLATE for utilizing SMS TEXTING (utilizing Twilio<\/a>) because the consumer interface for his or her software program\/internet functions. For PHP builders who haven’t explored SMS texting as a consumer interface on your software program (as I’ve completed right here), it’s price exploring. Texting is one thing everybody is aware of do (younger, previous and in between) and cuts studying curve of utilizing your software program. (see “Overview of PHP Code” part beneath for the way code is structured).<\/p>\n

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QUICK DEMO\/START<\/strong>
\nUtilizing the plug-in is as straightforward as texting an inventory of geotrackees to the script’s twilio telephone quantity (or for demo – 415-360-0886). Click on on “Stay Demo” hyperlink above for extra detailed directions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Set up script\/plug-in. For demo, textual content to 415-360-0886.<\/li>\n
  2. Merely “textual content” an area or comma separated record of geotrackee e mail addresses or sensible telephone numbers to ask to a personal geomap. The script will textual content you an invite hyperlink (it robotically consists of map proprietor as a geotrackee in each map. It would additionally textual content you affirmation which geotrackees have been invited and which of them didn’t (didn’t go validation).<\/li>\n
  3. So as to add extra geotrackees, proceed to textual content emaill handle and telephone numbers to the plug-in telephone quantity in step 1.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \nOTHER DISPATCHER FEATURES<\/strong>
    \nRight here is the record of all of the dispatcher options constructed into this script that may be executed by texting instructions to your Twilio telephone quantity in your smartphone.
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