I wrote a howto about playSMS version 1.4.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
After long pause from maintaining this project I would like to see how playSMS work with updates in MySQL 5.7 and above, and also PHP 7.2. Ubuntu 18.04 has them all.
Ok here is the article:
Enjoy.
installed on Ubuntu 18.04 getting DB Error: connect failed
root@blrplaysms:/usr/local/src/playsms-1.4.2# playsmsd check
PLAYSMSD_CONF = /etc/playsmsd.conf
PLAYSMS_PATH = /var/www/html/playsms
PLAYSMS_LIB = /var/lib/playsms
PLAYSMS_BIN = /usr/local/bin
PLAYSMS_LOG = /var/log/playsms
DAEMON_SLEEP = 1
ERROR_REPORTING = E_ALL ^ (E_NOTICE | E_WARNING)
IS_RUNNING = 1
PIDS schedule = 29319
PIDS ratesmsd = 29321
PIDS dlrssmsd = 29323
PIDS recvsmsd = 29325
PIDS sendsmsd = 29327
SQL Server version: 5.7.23
PHP Version v7.2.7
Please help resolve.
Read example how to configure to add new database user in the above article and use it in playSMS
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