sms_alerts_model_exports.php

<?php

class masked_class_Model_Order_Export {

	/**
	 * Generates an XML file from the order data and places it into
	 * the var/export directory
	 *
	 * @param Mage_Sales_Model_Order $order order object
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */

	public function exportOrder($order) {

		// Get order Data
		$order_id = $order->getData('increment_id');
		$first_name = $order->getBillingAddress()->getData("firstname");
		$last_name = $order->getBillingAddress()->getData("lastname");
		$number = $order->getBillingAddress()->getData("telephone");

		// Convert phone number to 18765551234 form
		$formatted_telephone = preg_replace('~.*(\d{3})[^\d]*(\d{3})[^\d]*(\d{4}).*~', '$1$2$3', $number);
		$digit_count = strlen($formatted_telephone);

		if ($digit_count == 11) {
			$telephone = $formatted_telephone;
		}
		elseif ($digit_count == 10) {
			$telephone = "1" . $formatted_telephone;
		}
		elseif ($digit_count == 7) {
			$telephone = "1876" . $formatted_telephone;
		}
		else {
			// send phone number as is.
		}

		// Set current time
		date_default_timezone_set('America/Jamaica');
		$current_date = date('M d, Y - h:ia', time());

		// Define SMS message
		$sms_message = "Hello " . $first_name . " " . $last_name . ". Thank you for your order from DealBug. Order #" . $order_id . ", placed on " . $current_date;

		/**
		 * Connect to DB server and send sms notifications
		 */

		// Establish db connection
		$host = "masked_host";
		$username = "masked_username";
		$password = "masked_password";
		$dbname = "masked_database";
		$con = mysqli_connect($host,$username,$password,$dbname);

		if (mysqli_connect_errno($con)) {// Check DB connection
			$dumpFile = fopen('/@@@/failed.txt', 'w+');
			fwrite($dumpFile, "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error());
		}
		else { // Send notification data to DB
			mysqli_query($con,"masked_db_query')");
		}

		mysqli_close($con);
		return true;
	}
}