[Asterisk-Users] Re: dialing from a website. How to start...?

[Evert Meulie]

Thanks for the info!  That's exactly the pointed I needed!  ;-)

(but I'll implement it myself. Cheaper...)  ;-)  ;-)


Greetings,
    Evert

Alistair Cunningham wrote:
> Evert,
> 
> The best way to do this is have your PHP code put a control file in the 
> outgoing directory of Asterisk. This then invokes an Asterisk macro that 
> calls the user, then transfers them to the contact. The format of the 
> file is at:
> 
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+auto-dial+out
> 
> I run a consulting firm doing (amongst other things) Asterisk work. If 
> you're interested, we can install Asterisk, configure it to talk to your 
> telephone system, set up the click to dial, and integrate it with your 
> PHP - email me off list.
> 
> Alistair Cunningham,
> Integrics Ltd,
> Telephony, Database, Unix consulting worldwide
> +44 (0)7870 699 479
> http://integrics.com/
> 
> 
> Evert Meulie wrote:
> 
>> Hi all!
>>
>> We use a PHP-portal for management of our projects & contacts. Now I 
>> would like to make it possible to dial contacts directly from the portal.
>> Since users have to log in, I can use that to determine which office 
>> phone the call should originate from. And the number-to-be-dialed is 
>> of course also listed.
>>
>> How do I commence here? I'm pretty sure others have done this already, 
>> so I was wondering whether there's someone who can point me in the 
>> right direction...  :-)
>>
>> (Preferable in PHP, since that's the flavor of choice of our portal)
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Evert