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id: e726e6c5-42f9-4672-baf7-9071c3c28a80
title: Relay.Messaging
slug: /php/reference/messaging
max-toc-depth: 3
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[relay-messaging-sendresult]: /docs/server-sdk/v2/php/reference/messaging/send-result

This represents the API interface for the Messaging Relay Service. This object is used to make requests related to managing SMS and MMS messages.

## Methods

### send

Send a message to the destination number.

**Parameters**

| Parameter | Type       | Required     | Description                                                                                                 |
| --------- | ---------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `context` | `string`   | **required** | The context to receive inbound events.                                                                      |
| `from`    | `string`   | **required** | The phone number to place the message from. *Must be a SignalWire phone number or short code that you own.* |
| `to`      | `string`   | **required** | The phone number to send to.                                                                                |
| `body`    | `string`   | **required** | The content of the message.<br /> *Optional if `media` is present.*                                         |
| `media`   | `string[]` | **required** | Array of URLs to send in the message. <br /> *Optional if `body` is present.*                               |
| `tags`    | `string[]` | *optional*   | Array of strings to tag the message with for searching in the UI.                                           |

**Returns**

`React\Promise\Promise` - `Promise` that will be fulfilled with a [`Relay.Messaging.SendResult`][relay-messaging-sendresult] object.

**Examples**

Send a message in the context *office*.

```php
<?php

$params = [
  'context' => 'office',
  'from' => '+1XXXXXXXXXX',
  'to' => '+1YYYYYYYYYY',
  'body' => 'Welcome at SignalWire!'
];
$client->messaging->send($params)->done(function($sendResult) {
  if ($sendResult->isSuccessful()) {
    echo "Message ID: " . $sendResult->getMessageId();
  }
});
```