_______ _____ _   ___     _______  ______  _____         
 |__   __|_   _| \ | \ \   / /  __ \|  ____|/ ____|  /\    
    | |    | | |  \| |\ \_/ /| |__) | |__  | (___   /  \   
    | |    | | | . ` | \   / |  ___/|  __|  \___ \ / /\ \  
    | |   _| |_| |\  |  | |  | |    | |____ ____) / ____ \ 
    |_|  |_____|_| \_|  |_|  |_|    |______|_____/_/    \_\
                                                            

This is a sample implementation of the Mpesa STK Push API using PHP.

you can view worinkg demo here

Requirements

  1. TinyPesa STK Push API requires PHP 7.0 and above.

  2. You tinypesa API key.

Create an account at tinypesa.com to get your API key.

Create a file called stk.php and paste the code below.

$amount = '1'; // Amount to transact
$phonenuber = '07XXXXXXXX'; // Phone number paying
$Account_no = 'UMESKIA SOFTWARES'; // Enter account number (optional)
$url = 'https://tinypesa.com/api/v1/express/initialize';
$data = array(
    'amount' => $amount,
    'msisdn' => $phonenuber,
    'account_no' => $Account_no
);
$headers = array(
    'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    'ApiKey: XXXXXXXXX' // Replace with your API key
);
$info = http_build_query($data);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $info);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
// Check for CURL errors
if ($resp === false) {
    echo "CURL ERROR: " . curl_error($curl);
} else {
    $msg_resp = json_decode($resp);
    // Check if the request was successful
    if ($msg_resp->success == 'true') {
        echo "✔✔ TinyPesa transaction initialized successfully. With request id " . $msg_resp->request_id ."";
    } else {
        // Handle any errors returned by the API
        echo "ERROR: " . $resp;
    }
}

// Close the CURL session
curl_close($curl);

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You can also support this project by donating to the following Mpesa Till Number: 5926541