Run url in background in php

Question

In my application i have to send the sms to user while registration. But while inserting record in database i want to hit this url in browser.

Can any one suggest how to run this url at backgound

http://www.myurl.com/smpp/sendsms?username=XX&password=XX&to=XX&from=XX&text=Test

Answer 1

Well this depends on what you mean with background I'm asuming however that you mean that the user won't be redirected to that page.

If I were you I'd go with cURL if you have it installed, since the only thing you seem to want to do is make an ordinary request, and maybe, read the response. The code below is untested but should give you a hint.

$req = curl_init();
curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_URL,"theaddress_and_params");
curl_exec($req);