PHP Error: "Call to member function create() on a non-object" Twilio code

Question

I'm trying to get a version of Twilio-PHP code working. I've hosted it and the Twilio library here.

An error is thrown on this line:

$response = $client->account->sms_messages->create($from,$number,$text);

It throws the error:

"Call to member function create() on a non-object"

I define $from, $number, and $text above as strings. The first two are verified Twilio $text="Hi";. The syntax of the call is cut and paste from the Quickstart section of that GitHub and so it is more likely that I am not using the code properly.

There wasn't enough explanation in this question for me to understand the error message.

Actual Code

  <?php
 require './twilio-php/Services/Twilio.php';

 $AccountSid = X;
 $AuthToken =X;

 $client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid,$AuthToken);
 $number = "1111";
 $text = "This is a test";
 $from = "2222";
 $response = $client->account->sms_smessages->create($from,$number,$text);
 ?>

Note: I replaced the real numbers and authorization tokens with dummies.

$response = $this->$client->account->sms_messages->create($from,$number $text); — Matheno, Jun 05 '13 at 10:02
sms_messages isn't an object. It's something else. an array, maybe? — STT LCU, Jun 05 '13 at 10:02
Another typo here `$from,$number $text`. you forgot `,` between `$number` and `$text`. — Yogesh Suthar, Jun 05 '13 at 10:05
@YogeshSuthar This wasn't a typo. It was a **strange** markdown problem (I would say a bug). It looked like : `$number ,$text` (note the space) but the markdown parser has eaten the `,` — hek2mgl, Jun 05 '13 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 10:02

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I don't know how your application works in detail and why it is not an object, but you should add a check:

if(!is_object($client->account->sms_messages)) {
    var_dump($client);
    die('something bad happened');
}

...

answered Jun 05 '13 at 10:02

hek2mgl

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I know it's just a little hint, and the question might be deleted once anyway, but why the down-vote? – hek2mgl Jun 05 '13 at 10:08
Agree- I'm not experienced in PHP and asking a genuine question after searching Twilios FAQs and SO without finding an answer I could understand that was helpful. – mac389 Jun 05 '13 at 10:10
I upvoted your answer to make you feel a bit better :) – Matheno Jun 05 '13 at 10:13
@mac389 I expect, that the `$client` object has not property `sms_messages` if the there are no messages. So you can use me check above to detect that – hek2mgl Jun 05 '13 at 10:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 10:12

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$response = $client->account->sms_messages->create($from,$number,$text);

You had a typo in sms_messages

answered Jun 05 '13 at 10:12

Matheno

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ARGH- you have better eyes than I do. – mac389 Jun 05 '13 at 10:13
So, the error comes because PHP doesn't recognize what sms_smessages is, and certainly doesn't think it's a function or object? – mac389 Jun 05 '13 at 10:14
yup, sms_smessages doesn't exist, so he can't do anything. – Matheno Jun 05 '13 at 10:15
If this is the solution, can you please mark it as the solution? – Matheno Jun 05 '13 at 10:17

PHP Error: "Call to member function create() on a non-object" Twilio code

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