TIL you can make SMS links
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So you can make a mailto: and a tel: link.
But did you know you can also do sms messages too?
<a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com">Email Us at someone@yoursite.com</a>
<a href="tel:1234567890">Call me at 123-456-7890</a>
<a href="sms:1234567890">Text me at 123-456-7890</a>CSS Tricks article about mailto
I couldn't find the MDN on sms messages. Nor could I find it in the HTML Spec docs!
There is also some weird challenges:
There are two major problems with creating such links on web pages: they’re only appropriate for mobile systems, and different platforms will accept some sms: formats and ignore others. (iOS, for instance, will take a phone number after the sms: protocol, but will ignore everything – including the number – if body text is included).
You might also have to do a check if the device is a mobile device or not.
if ($detect->isMobile()) { echo '<a href="sms:">Send a message</a>'; }via Send a SMS Text From A Link
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