Send whatsapp message using WhatsApp Business API in PHP

Send WhatsApp message using WhatsApp Business API in PHP

To send WhatsApp messages using the WhatsApp Business API in PHP, you will need to follow these general steps:

1. Create a WhatsApp Business account and set up your business profile.
2. Apply for WhatsApp Business API access from WhatsApp by submitting the required information, including your business name, phone number, and website.
3. Once your application is approved, you will receive a Twilio phone number and an Account SID and Auth Token which you will need to use to authenticate your API requests.
4. Install the Twilio PHP library by running composer require twilio/sdk in your project.
5. Use the Twilio library to send a message to a WhatsApp number in PHP. Here is an example of how to do this:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Rest\Client;

$accountSid = "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID";
$authToken = "YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN";
$client = new Client($accountSid, $authToken);

$client->messages->create(
"whatsapp:+1234567890",
array(
"from" => "whatsapp:+14155238886",
"body" => "Hello, this is a message from your PHP program!"
)
);

Note that, you have to replace YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID and YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the actual values you received from Twilio, and whatsapp:+1234567890 should be replaced with the actual WhatsApp number you want to send the message to.

You also need to make sure that you have the correct Twilio Sandbox phone number configured to work with WhatsApp.

To send a WhatsApp message using the WhatsApp Business API in PHP, you will need to first obtain a WhatsApp Business API account, and then use a PHP library or package that supports the WhatsApp Business API. You can use the WhatsApp Business API to send text, image, and video messages, as well as to create and manage automated messages and customer interactions. The specific implementation will depend on the library or package you choose to use.

<?php
// Import the WhatsApp Business API client library
require_once 'path/to/whatsapp-business-api-client.php';

// Create a new instance of the WhatsApp Business API client
$client = new WhatsAppBusinessAPI();

// Set the API credentials
$client->setAuthToken("YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN");
$client->setInstanceId("YOUR_INSTANCE_ID");

// Prepare the message
$message = [
'type' => 'text',
'text' => [
'body' => 'Hello, this is a test message from PHP.'
]
];

// Send the message
$client->sendMessage('whatsapp:+1234567890', $message);
?>

Please note that this is a simplified example and you may need to add additional error handling and/or validation to your implementation.