A simple PHP script to send a test APNS push notification

apns_simplepush.php

<?php

// Put your device token here (without spaces):
$deviceToken = 'DEVICE_TOKEN';

// Put your private key's passphrase here:
$passphrase = 'passphrase';
$pemfilename = 'ck.pem';

// SIMPLE PUSH 
$body['aps'] = array(
	'alert' => array(
		'title' => "You have a notification",
		'body' => "Body of the message",
	),
	'badge' => 1,
	'sound' => 'default',
	); // Create the payload body


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$ctx = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', $pemfilename);
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', $passphrase);

$fp = stream_socket_client(
	'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
	$errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx); // Open a connection to the APNS server
if (!$fp)
	exit("Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);
echo 'Connected to APNS' . PHP_EOL;
$payload = json_encode($body); // Encode the payload as JSON
$msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload; // Build the binary notification
$result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg)); // Send it to the server
if (!$result)
	echo 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
else
	echo 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;
fclose($fp); // Close the connection to the server