PHP Placing Phone Calls?

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PHP Placing Phone Calls?

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Does anyone out there ever thought of how to make PHP place phone calls to landlines or Cell Phones? I could really use this feature for user notification, and I don't care if it requires a Linux or Windows platform.

I have already found some software: http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux_server.html but I don't know really what to look for or if thats what I need.

I was thinking there must be a server that supports an API call or at least a server that will send calls by reading a MySQL database.

Any ideas?
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Can you use something similar to SMS?
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I was thinking that but i also need to incorporate landlines.
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I've seen lot's of nice applications with Asterisk... I'm pretty sure you can send it commands from php too.. (there's already an extension too: http://eder.us/projects/asterisk_php/)
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Any service that offers an interface to landline telephones will probably be paid. From there, you'll need to know what their automated telephone call policy is and whether or not they have a public API. I know Skype has the ability to call landlines, but I'm not sure if they have a public API.
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