######################### FOR SENDING SMS ###########################
                            $json_url = "http://api.ebulksms.com:8080/sendsms.json";
                            $username = 'martafricanaltd@gmail.com';
                            $apikey = '2bc9a4c7e451cb0529e1a31779e1a99c553f3017';
                            $sendername = "MartAfrican";
                            $recipients = "+96171238330";
                            $flash = 0;
                            $messagetext = "Hi, is enquiring about your product on martafricana";


                            $gsm = array();
                            $country_code = '961';
                            $arr_recipient = explode(',', $recipients);
                            foreach ($arr_recipient as $recipient) {
                                $mobilenumber = trim($recipient);
                                if (substr($mobilenumber, 0, 1) == '0'){
                                    $mobilenumber = $country_code . substr($mobilenumber, 1);
                                }
                                elseif (substr($mobilenumber, 0, 1) == '+'){
                                    $mobilenumber = substr($mobilenumber, 1);
                                }
                                $generated_id = uniqid('int_', false);
                                $generated_id = substr($generated_id, 0, 30);
                                $gsm['gsm'][] = array('msidn' => $mobilenumber, 'msgid' => $generated_id);
                            }
                            $message = array(
                                'sender' => $sendername,
                                'messagetext' => $messagetext,
                                'flash' => "{$flash}",
                            );

                            $request = array( 'SMS' => array(
                                'auth' => array(
                                    'username' => $username,
                                    'apikey' => $apikey
                                ),
                                'message' => $message,
                                'recipients' => $gsm
                            ));

                            $json_data = json_encode($request);
                            if ($json_data) {

                                if (is_array($json_data)) {
                                    $json_data = http_build_query($json_data, '', '&');
                                }

                                $params = array('http' => array(
                                    'method' => 'POST',
                                    'content' => $json_data)
                                );

                                $headers = array('Content-Type: application/json');
                                if ($headers !== null) {
                                    $params['http']['header'] = $headers;
                                }
                                $ctx = stream_context_create($params);
                                $fp = fopen($json_url, 'rb', false, $ctx);

                                echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$params');</script>";
                                echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$ctx');</script>";

                                echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$fp');</script>";




                                if (!$fp) {
                                    //return "Error: gateway is inaccessible";
                                    echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('gateway inaccessible');</script>";
                                }
                                else {
                                    try {
                                        $response = stream_get_contents($fp);
                                        $result = json_decode($response);
                                        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$response');</script>";
                                    }
                                    catch (Exception $e) {
                                        $response = $e->getMessage();
                                        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$response');</script>";
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                            ############ END FOR SENDING SMS ###############