PHP eFax

Faxes from your Internet Server

PHP eFax is a PHP class that wraps the eFax® Developer API. Use PHP eFax to automate the task of sending and receiving faxes electronically from your PHP-powered web server. All you need is an account with eFax® Developer and you are set to go. Processing is usually instantaneous.

Here's how the send feature of our PHP fax script works (See Algorithm):

 

1. Insert our class in your PHP code,
2. Create an instance of a PHP eFax object,
3. Set your PHP eFax account information,
4. Add the documents you want to be faxed, and
5. Call the send() function

It's that easy1!

PHP eFax also allows you to analyze the response you get from the eFax system. Since the eFax® Developer interface tells you whether faxes were successfully sent or not, PHP eFax helps you automate this task. It includes all of the over 200 error messages that eFax® Developer generates and with just four or five lines of PHP code, you will get all the information you need about the fax disposition.

PHP eFax can be used to parse the XML message sent by eFax® Developer whenever you receive a fax. This feature helps you greatly since the XML file can easily include 40 tags or more. PHP eFax transforms the XML data in a set of private variables that you can query with one of the 13 simple get() functions.

Technical Features2:

• Supported platforms:
  • All platforms that support PHP v4+3 with the HttpRequest4 extension
    (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS/X, SunOS, HP UX, etc.)
• Send faxes in minutes from your PHP environment.
• Send faxes all over the world.
• Receive faxes in PDF or TIFF format.
• Unit tests to verify the receive end of PHP eFax
• Complete documentation.
• Used by Order Made!®
• Package includes complete source code
• Cost per page of eFax® Developer

• 1. Your own valid eFax® Developer/business account is required.
• 2. This system requires a secure connection--you must have a web server that supports HTTPS and a valid SSL certificate.
• 3. We tested and are using PHP eFax with PHP version 4 and 5. However, all the elements we use should work as well with PHP 6.
• 4. HttpRequest is not required to receive faxes. You can use the parse_inbound_message() function without it.