Net::SMS advice needed ....

[rab54]

Hi gurus -

I have set up a script to send me SMS Alerts on completion of variouys tasks - it all works fine except when I include variable - eg '$recs were imported'

Here is a code snippet -

my $sms = Net::SMS::O2->new(
autotruncate => 1,
username => 'myname',
password => 'mypass',
recipient => 'mynumber',
subject => 'Nightly Import OK - ',
message => '$recs sent',
);

I have checked the module info on CPAN - but no joy ....

Any help would be excellent

cheers

Rab

 

[MikeLacey]

Hi Rab

Use double rather than single quotes when you want to have the value of a variable in a string; like this:

"$recs sent"

Mike

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[rab54]

Cheers Mike

I have already tried this tho ;~(

....

 

[PaulTEG]

rab,
you could try

$msg="$recs sent";
and then

message=>$msg

you have a trailing comma in your code with naught after it, this might be causing a problem also

Could you give me any more information on how you went about setting up an account with oh2?

--Paul


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[rab54]

No worries Paul - it's a doddle -

go to o2.co.uk
create a user name (and password)

Use the above the in the code sample above -

You get 30 free - then you gotta pay - but you can do it via your phone (£1.50 per 30) not too bad .....

Still working on the variable prob ....

chers

 

[rab54]

sorted - I needed the quotes in the final $message -

$sms->verbose( 1 );
$sms->message( "$recs records imported" );

cheers all