Simple PHP script to send Android Push Notification, iOS Push Notification and Windows Phone 8 Push Notification

PushNotifications.php

<?php 
// Server file
class PushNotifications {

	// (Android)API access key from Google API's Console.
	private static $API_ACCESS_KEY = 'AIzaSyDG3fYAj1uW7VB-wejaMJyJXiO5JagAsYI';
	// (iOS) Private key's passphrase.
	private static $passphrase = 'joashp';
	// (Windows Phone 8) The name of our push channel.
        private static $channelName = "joashp";
	
	// Change the above three vriables as per your app.

	public function __construct() {
		exit('Init function is not allowed');
	}
	
        // Sends Push notification for Android users
	public function android($data, $reg_id) {
	        $url = 'https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send';
	        $message = array(
	            'title' => $data['mtitle'],
	            'message' => $data['mdesc'],
	            'subtitle' => '',
	            'tickerText' => '',
	            'msgcnt' => 1,
	            'vibrate' => 1
	        );
	        
	        $headers = array(
	        	'Authorization: key=' .self::$API_ACCESS_KEY,
	        	'Content-Type: application/json'
	        );
	
	        $fields = array(
	            'registration_ids' => array($reg_id),
	            'data' => $message,
	        );
	
	    	return $this->useCurl($url, $headers, json_encode($fields));
    	}
	
	// Sends Push's toast notification for Windows Phone 8 users
	public function WP($data, $uri) {
		$delay = 2;
		$msg =  "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" .
		        "<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" .
		            "<wp:Toast>" .
		                "<wp:Text1>".htmlspecialchars($data['mtitle'])."</wp:Text1>" .
		                "<wp:Text2>".htmlspecialchars($data['mdesc'])."</wp:Text2>" .
		            "</wp:Toast>" .
		        "</wp:Notification>";
		
		$sendedheaders =  array(
		    'Content-Type: text/xml',
		    'Accept: application/*',
		    'X-WindowsPhone-Target: toast',
		    "X-NotificationClass: $delay"
		);
		
		$response = $this->useCurl($uri, $sendedheaders, $msg);
		
		$result = array();
		foreach(explode("\n", $response) as $line) {
		    $tab = explode(":", $line, 2);
		    if (count($tab) == 2)
		        $result[$tab[0]] = trim($tab[1]);
		}
		
		return $result;
	}
	
        // Sends Push notification for iOS users
	public function iOS($data, $devicetoken) {

		$deviceToken = $devicetoken;

		$ctx = stream_context_create();
		// ck.pem is your certificate file
		stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'ck.pem');
		stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', self::$passphrase);

		// Open a connection to the APNS server
		$fp = stream_socket_client(
			'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
			$errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);

		if (!$fp)
			exit("Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);

		// Create the payload body
		$body['aps'] = array(
			'alert' => array(
			    'title' => $data['mtitle'],
                'body' => $data['mdesc'],
			 ),
			'sound' => 'default'
		);

		// Encode the payload as JSON
		$payload = json_encode($body);

		// Build the binary notification
		$msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;

		// Send it to the server
		$result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));
		
		// Close the connection to the server
		fclose($fp);

		if (!$result)
			return 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
		else
			return 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;

	}
	
	// Curl 
	private function useCurl(&$model, $url, $headers, $fields = null) {
	        // Open connection
	        $ch = curl_init();
	        if ($url) {
	            // Set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
	            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
	            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
	            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
	            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	     
	            // Disabling SSL Certificate support temporarly
	            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
	            if ($fields) {
	                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);
	            }
	     
	            // Execute post
	            $result = curl_exec($ch);
	            if ($result === FALSE) {
	                die('Curl failed: ' . curl_error($ch));
	            }
	     
	            // Close connection
	            curl_close($ch);
	
	            return $result;
        }
    }
    
}
?>

TestNotifications.php

<?php

    	require_once('PushNotifications.php');

	// Message payload
	$msg_payload = array (
		'mtitle' => 'Test push notification title',
		'mdesc' => 'Test push notification body',
	);
	
	// For Android
	$regId = 'APA91bHdOmMHiRo5jJRM1jvxmGqhComcpVFDqBcPfLVvaieHeFI9WVrwoDeVVD1nPZ82rV2DxcyVv-oMMl5CJPhVXnLrzKiacR99eQ_irrYogy7typHQDb5sg4NB8zn6rFpiBuikNuwDQzr-2abV6Gl_VWDZlJOf4w';
	// For iOS
	$deviceToken = 'FE66489F304DC75B8D6E8200DFF8A456E8DAEACEC428B427E9518741C92C6660';
	// For WP8
	$uri = 'http://s.notify.live.net/u/1/sin/HmQAAAD1XJMXfQ8SR0b580NcxIoD6G7hIYP9oHvjjpMC2etA7U_xy_xtSAh8tWx7Dul2AZlHqoYzsSQ8jQRQ-pQLAtKW/d2luZG93c3Bob25lZGVmYXVsdA/EKTs2gmt5BG_GB8lKdN_Rg/WuhpYBv02fAmB7tjUfF7DG9aUL4';
	
	// Replace the above variable values
	
	
    	PushNotifications::android($msg_payload, $regId);
    	
    	PushNotifications::WP8($msg_payload, $uri);
    	
    	PushNotifications::iOS($msg_payload, $deviceToken);

?>

hi, i need a little help here:
(for my ios app i used the GCM and not the apn)

1. what is the // (iOS) Private key's passphrase.
   private static $passphrase = 'joashp';
   and from where i can take it.
2. when i run the code i get:
   Failed to connect: 110 Connection timed out

someone can help please ?

@tzin111 the passphrase is the password that you puts when you created your certificate !

Hi I need help
it give error
Failed to connect: 110 Connection timed out
Please help

I try your code but still error ....

And this is my code:

// Put your device token here (without spaces):
$deviceToken = 'cbbb1c0b13bc4aceef7472f2df4d1c7f608f052cdf650843b70740abc7a659eb';

// Put your private key's passphrase here:
$passphrase = 'admin';

// Put your alert message here:
$message = array('title' => "Stmark", 'body' => "New News have been added");
$base = 1;

if (!$message || !$base)
exit('Example Usage: $php newspush.php 'Breaking News!'' . "\n");

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$ctx = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'stmarkPush.pem');
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', $passphrase);

// Open a connection to the APNS server
$fp = stream_socket_client(
'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
$errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);

if (!$fp)
exit("Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);

echo 'Connected to APNS' . PHP_EOL;

// Create the payload body
$body['aps'] = array(
'alert' => $message,
'badge' => $base,
'sound' => 'spray.wav'
);

// Encode the payload as JSON
$payload = json_encode($body);

// Build the binary notification
$msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;

// Send it to the server
$result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));

if (!$result)
echo 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
else
echo 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;

// Close the connection to the server
fclose($fp);

Hi, for use it, i need to register in Google console or in Google Firebase Cloud Messaging ???

Per @trbsi suggestion.. it works removing $model. Also getting JSON PARSE ERROR (fixed by removing the json_encode in the useCurl function, It was getting encoded twice). Below works for Android and iOS. Not tested for Windows yet.

// Server file
class PushNotifications {
    // (Android)API access key from Google API Console.
    private static $API_ACCESS_KEY = "AIzaSyDG3fYAj1uW7VB-wejaMJyJXiO5JagAsYI";
    // (iOS) Private key passphrase.
    private static $passphrase = "joashp";
    // (Windows Phone 8) The name of our push channel.
    private static $channelName = "joashp";

    // Change the above three vriables as per your app.

    public function __construct() {
        exit('Init function is not allowed');
    }

        // Sends Push notification for Android users
    public function android($data, $reg_id) {
            $url = 'https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send';
            $message = array(
                'title' => $data['mtitle'],
                'message' => $data['mdesc'],
                'subtitle' => '',
                'tickerText' => '',
                'msgcnt' => 1,
                'vibrate' => 1
            );


            $headers = array(
                'Authorization: key=' .self::$API_ACCESS_KEY,
                'Content-Type: application/json'
            );

            $fields = array(
                'registration_ids' => array($reg_id),
                'data' => $message
            );

            return self::useCurl($url, $headers, json_encode($fields));
        }

    // Sends Push's toast notification for Windows Phone 8 users
    public function WP($data, $uri) {
        $delay = 2;
        $msg =  "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" .
                "<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" .
                    "<wp:Toast>" .
                        "<wp:Text1>".htmlspecialchars($data['mtitle'])."</wp:Text1>" .
                        "<wp:Text2>".htmlspecialchars($data['mdesc'])."</wp:Text2>" .
                    "</wp:Toast>" .
                "</wp:Notification>";

        $sendedheaders =  array(
            'Content-Type: text/xml',
            'Accept: application/*',
            'X-WindowsPhone-Target: toast',
            "X-NotificationClass: $delay"
        );

        $response = self::useCurl($uri, $sendedheaders, $msg);

        $result = array();
        foreach(explode("\n", $response) as $line) {
            $tab = explode(":", $line, 2);
            if (count($tab) == 2)
                $result[$tab[0]] = trim($tab[1]);
        }

        return $result;
    }

        // Sends Push notification for iOS users
    public function iOS($data, $devicetoken) {

        $deviceToken = $devicetoken;

        $ctx = stream_context_create();
        // ck.pem is your certificate file
        stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'ck.pem');
        stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', self::$passphrase);

        // Open a connection to the APNS server
        $fp = stream_socket_client(
            'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
            $errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);

        if (!$fp)
            exit("Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);

        // Create the payload body
        $body['aps'] = array(
            'alert' => array(
                'title' => $data['mtitle'],
                'body' => $data['mdesc'],
             ),
            'sound' => 'default'
        );

        // Encode the payload as JSON
        $payload = json_encode($body);

        // Build the binary notification
        $msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;

        // Send it to the server
        $result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));

        // Close the connection to the server
        fclose($fp);

        if (!$result)
            return 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
        else
            return 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;

    }

    // Curl 
    private function useCurl($url, $headers, $fields) {
            // Open connection
            $ch = curl_init();
            if ($url) {
                // Set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

                // Disabling SSL Certificate support temporarly
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
                if ($fields) {
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);
                }

                // Execute post
                $result = curl_exec($ch);
                if ($result === FALSE) {
                    die('Curl failed: ' . curl_error($ch));
                }

                // Close connection
                curl_close($ch);

                return $result;
        }
    }

}
?>`

Has Any one try this code for Windows Phone Notification ? If any one has try then help me to send push notifications on windows Phone.

Dears,
This code is normally use to send notification using Device Token, that's means on device, I wonder if I need send a notification to each device installed application what the code will be.

Can I use your code to creat yii2 extension?

where do I go to get the android api access key? I know I have to go to google console but like @vitolipari asked do I need to register an api with google cloud messaging in order to get an api key or is it somewhere else?

this problem is not solved

I use this code for ios push notification using php

am getting the following error,

Warning: curl_setopt(): You must pass either an object or an array with the CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER argument in G:\xampp\htdocs\push_notification\PushNotifications.php on line 115

Fatal error: Call to undefined method PushNotifications::WP8() in G:\xampp\htdocs\push_notification\TestNotifications.php on line 21

pls help.

@Revucurly for the WP8(), it should be WP() as it was defined in the PushNotification class.

Hi There,
I am having the same problem as irfanmiamik.
In iOS it is works fine, but in Android, it is showing only title as Toast :(
The body message ('message') doesn't appears.
How can I fix this ?
Thanks guys

Hi,
I am using the above code to send push notifications on IOS in php. But at the application end, i am receiving incorrect json.
Please see the attached screen-shot.

Please suggest how to fix this.
Thanks in advance !!

hi, where can i get the (Android)API access key from Google API's Console and the '$regId' for android??

I used the code for android. But I am not getting any notification :(. Any idea how to solve ?

Hi there,
I have the php code for sending push notifications to ios device but I came up with the following errors;

Warning: failed loading cafile stream: C:/xampp/ca-bundle.crt' in C:\xampp\htdocs\las_files\PushNotifications.php on line 81

Warning: stream_socket_client(): Failed to enable crypto in C:\xampp\htdocs\las_files\PushNotifications.php on line 81

Warning: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195 (Unknown error) in C:\xampp\htdocs\las_files\PushNotifications.php on line 81
Failed to connect: 0`

Can anyone of you help me in resolving it? I will be very thankful.

Here's my solution for the android implementation to send a notification to a specific device

$API_ACCESS_KEY: go to the firebase console, navigate to the project, click the gear icon, project settings. Click on the tab "CLOUD MESSAGING"
should look like this:
copy the server key from FCM and store it in $API_ACCESS_KEY

PushNotifications.php

class PushNotifications{
    private  static  $API_ACCESS_KEY = "YOUR_FCM_SERVER_KEY ";
    public function __construct() {
       // exit('Init function is not allowed');
   }

public function android($data, $reg_id) {
     $url = 'https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send';
     $message = array
     (
         'title' => $data['mtitle'],
         'body' => $data['mdesc'],
         'subtitle' => '',
         'tickerText' => '',
         'msgcnt' => 1,
         'vibrate' => 1
     );

     $headers = array(
         'Content-Type:application/json',
         'Authorization:key='.self::$API_ACCESS_KEY
     );
     $fields = array(
         'notification' => $message,
         'to' => $reg_id,
     );
     return self::useCurl($url, $headers, $fields);
 }

private function useCurl($url, $headers , $fields) {
        $ch = curl_init();
        if ($url) {
            // Set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

            // Disabling SSL Certificate support temporarly
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
            if ($fields) {
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($fields));
            }
            // Execute post
            $result = curl_exec($ch);
            $httpcode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
            if ($result === FALSE) {
                die('Curl failed: ' . curl_error($ch));
            }
            // Close connection
            curl_close($ch);
       //checking the response code we get from fcm for debugging purposes
            echo "http response " . $httpcode;
       //checking the status/result of the push notif for debugging purposes
            echo $result;
            return $result;
        }

    }
}

`

Test Notifications.php

The SendToDevice Function is called once the server receives the POST request with the required parameters i.e After user submits the form
The function takes in a title, message, and a regID

function SendToDevice($title, $message, $regId)
{
    require_once('TestNotifications.php');
    // Message payload, using data from post request
    $msg_payload = array(
        'mtitle' => $title,
        'mdesc' => $message,
    );
    $var = new PushNotifications();
    $var->android($msg_payload, $regId);
}
if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' && (!empty($_POST['SendTo']))) {
    SendToDevice($_POST['title'], $_POST['messageBody'], $_POST['SendTo']);
}

<!-- HTML Form that contains input fields to send notification data in POST request on submit -->
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<h1>Test FCM from server to client! </h1>
</header>

<form method="POST" action = "TestNotifications.php">
    Who do you want to send the alert to?
    <select id = "SendTo" name="SendTo">
<!-- Put the FCM registration token in option value  --> 
        <option value="FCM registration token">Device 1</option>
    </select>
    <br />
    Title: <input tye="text" name ="title" id="title">
    <br />
    Message Body : <input type = "text", name = "messageBody">
    <br />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Good afternoon people,

I would like to know where I get this information:

// (iOS) Private key's passphrase.
private static $passphrase = 'joashp';

Thank you very much.

@ccesarc When you create your certificate file your asked to input a passphrase

Create this in OOPS approach! Create different classes for each function i.e. Follow Single Responsibility Principle

This code still working in 2018?

Can anyone confirm if this is still operational

Replaced with @ProdigyTech https://gist.github.com/joashp/b2f6c7e24127f2798eb2#gistcomment-2044235 and its working.

Do we need to register our app in firebase to work with push notifications?

I have used this code for get push notification in iOS. But getting some error. Please any one can help me.
Error:
Message: stream_socket_client(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14094410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert handshake failure

This code is outdated, You will have to use Google FCM. https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging

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