Posted by Justin on 03/08/07 03:00

Dear Jerry,
There's a API provided to us by the provider, with the parameters
required and process of sending. So the situation is like this. In
order to prevent ppl from abusing the use of mobile contents(spam,
unnecessary charges to mobile users), the local telcos strictly
required us(content provider) to follow their registration process. A
specific keyword must be provided to indicate the registration
process. Assuming REG ABC is my keyword for the registration. Now i
want my subscribers to send in "REG ABC NAME ID AGE LOCATION". the
string will be one of the parameter i receive(lets put it as SMS). So
the parameters will be the mobile numbers, time, date, sms and so on.
The thing is the provider only take REG ABC into consideration, so
any numbers which send in a text msg to their server with the prefix
REG ABC will be routed to us(will call my php page). And i need to
repy -1 to acknowledge the receipts. Then the whole process is done.
But the thing is some of my subscribers leave out some important info
such as age, location etc (which is important to me but not the
provider) thats why i wanna send a msg to them ask them to provide the
additional info. (that is when the problem occurs). As the provider
only recognize REG ABC and -1 as a whole process, they dun care
whether the subscribers send in full msg or not. my side will have to
do the verification ourselves. That's why when i receive a msg with
incomplete info, i need to send them the msg, and this process is done
by using another method in the API.
I tried setting up a cron job or running the page with browser,
everything works well, the extra msg will be sent out. but when use
mobile phone to register, the page doesnt refresh/redirect. So they
only receive the standard msg from the provider. The standard msg is a
must as it's the requirements from the telcos. So i need to reply -1
first then only proceed with my own verification.

It's really nice meeting you here and thanx for being so helpful.

Regards,
Justin

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