Laravel 9 - Send SMS using Vonage/Nexmo

Step # 1 : Create fresh Laravel project or use an existing Laravel project.

Global Command : laravel new vonage

Non Global Command : composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist vonage

Step # 2 : Access the project.

Git Bash : cd c:xampp/htdocs/vonage

Command : npm install && npm run dev

Step # 3 : Create account on Vonage/Nexmo.

Step # 4 : Install the Vonage/Nexmo package.

Command : composer require vonage/client

Step # 5 : Create a controller.

Command : php artisan make:controller SmsController

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class SmsController extends Controller
{
    public function sms()
    {
        // Retrieve Vonage credentials from environment variables
        $basic = new \Vonage\Client\Credentials\Basic(env('VONAGE_API_KEY'), env('VONAGE_API_SECRET'));
        $client = new \Vonage\Client($basic);
        // Replace "recipient_phone_number" with the actual phone number you want to send the SMS to
        $response = $client->sms()->send(
            new \Vonage\SMS\Message\SMS("recipient_phone_number", 'All About Laravel', 'A text message sent using the Nexmo SMS API')
        );
        $message = $response->current();
        // Check if the message was sent successfully
        if ($message->getStatus() == 0) {
            echo "The message was sent successfully\n";
        } else {
            echo "The message failed with status: " . $message->getStatus() . "\n";
        }
    }
}

Step # 6 : Create a route.

use App\Http\Controllers\SmsController;

Route::get('/sms', [SmsController::class, 'sms']);

Step # 7 : Define the keys in .env file.

VONAGE_API_KEY=your_api_key
VONAGE_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

Step # 8 : It's time to test.

Command : php artisan server

And you will be able to find the Text message in the Logs -> SMS Logs.