How can I send a fax using PHP?

[Anon]

Hi Guys, I want to know how can i send an email to fax message using PHP or how can I send a fax using PHP? I heard that you can do this using Perl and ASP. Thanks. Can you please help me what are the syntax to use and code? Thanks!!!!!

[brandonschnell]

use exec() to call your fax program of choice. you'll need to have a tiffg3 format file ready to be sent. you can create the tiffg3 file by converting the file to be sent into postscript then into tiffg3 using postscript.

it takes about 10 secs for the fax to be converted into tiffg3 and about a minute to send a fax so you may want to have an external script that just sends faxes and returns control back to the web page the user sees asap.

i'm just finishing up a project that sends out a bunch of faxes using php to dynamically create faxes so i know it can be done.

[Anon]

Hi... Thanks for replying. Can you send me some documentation about how to do those things??? I am a newbie... can you please help me? or can you send me the php program that sends multiple fax using php when you finish it? Thanks a lot again!!!!

[wcl99]

Hi !
As I also new to PHP4, can I have one copy ??

[brandonschnell]

i'm not going to release the entire project but heres a link to a snippet:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=1&id=109514&thread=109507

[Anon]

Hi Friend,
I'm looking for this too.
Could you help me?
thks.

[Anon]

Hi everybody !

i have heard that we can send fax using php and c as php will send request on server and then c programming will help to send fax by making request on linux machine..

but havent got the code so i am also i q...

[Anon]

I found one script from hotscripts.com called Html2PHax. path www.hotscripts.com PHP : Scripts and Programs : Communication Tools:
Never use it though.

[Anon]

Hi...

i'm also interested in getting some documentation or the php program when you'll finish it. Thanks a lot.

[ustat]

Anon wrote:

Hi Guys, I want to know how can i send an email to fax message using PHP or how can I send a fax using PHP? I heard that you can do this using Perl and ASP. Thanks. Can you please help me what are the syntax to use and code? Thanks!!!!!

If you want to send faxes in a real production system, you should use an external tool. According to me, the best tool is FaxCarrier.
It has an xml based integration technology like that.

<sendfax phone="123123123">
<pages>
<page template="background.bmp">
<annotation text="Hello From FaxCarrier." x=10 y=100 fontsize=12>
<annotation text="Sendind Fax is too easy." x=10 y=300 fontsize=10>
</page>
</pages>
</sendfax>

Can you prepare an xml like above ?
If you can, you send faxes from anywhere including PHP.

Please visit www.intelligentSoftwares.com/FaxCarrierEn.asp
If you send an email to [e-mail], they can give you a shareware version.

Regards