Send Text Message Api Not delivering Message to destination-phone-number

[shoyshai]

Dear Team., I am using the first basic example of $whatsapp_cloud_api->sendTextMessage('destination-phone-number', 'Hey there! I\'m using WhatsApp Cloud API. Visit https://www.netflie.es'); API is called successfully and the resposne received from API is [body:protected] => {"messaging_product":"whatsapp","contacts":[{"input":"9975840786","wa_id":"919975840786"}],"messages":[{"id":"wamid.HBgMOTE5OTc1ODQwNzg2FQIAERgSMEYxMjc4QzZGMkQzRTY4RDI3AA=="}]} but it does not shows the [message_status] => accepted , and message is not delivered to destination mobile. Please help as i just started exploring whatsapp api

[aalbarca]

The first message must be a TEMPLATE message. Once the user answers then you can start sending other types of messages.

This is a WhatsApp requirement.