diff --git a/server/php/KalSMS.php b/server/php/KalSMS.php
index 3c9a39d..bc11040 100755
--- a/server/php/KalSMS.php
+++ b/server/php/KalSMS.php
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class KalSMS
     const ACTION_SEND_STATUS = 'send_status';
     const ACTION_TEST = 'test';
 
-    const STATUS_QUEUED = 1;
-    const STATUS_FAILED = 2;
-    const STATUS_SENT = 3;
+    const STATUS_QUEUED = 'queued';
+    const STATUS_FAILED = 'failed';
+    const STATUS_SENT = 'sent';
     
     static function new_from_request()
     {
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@ class KalSMS
         return htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
     }
     
+    private $request_action;
+    
     function get_request_action()
+    {
+        if (!$this->request_action)
+        {
+            $this->request_action = $this->_get_request_action();
+        }
+        return $this->request_action;
+    }
+    
+    private function _get_request_action()
     {
         switch (@$_POST['action'])
         {
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ class KalSMS_Action_SendStatus extends KalSMS_Action
     function __construct($type)
     {
         $this->type = KalSMS::ACTION_SEND_STATUS;        
-        $this->status = (int)$_POST['status'];
+        $this->status = $_POST['status'];
         $this->id = $_POST['id'];
     } 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/php/example/outgoing_sms/.gitignore b/server/php/example/outgoing_sms/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a2dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/php/example/outgoing_sms/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/org/envaya/kalsms/App.java b/src/org/envaya/kalsms/App.java
index 7300214..3388ee5 100755
--- a/src/org/envaya/kalsms/App.java
+++ b/src/org/envaya/kalsms/App.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ public class App {
     public static final String ACTION_SEND_STATUS = "send_status";
     public static final String ACTION_TEST = "test";
     
-    public static final int STATUS_QUEUED = 1;
-    public static final int STATUS_FAILED = 2;
-    public static final int STATUS_SENT = 3;
+    public static final String STATUS_QUEUED = "queued";
+    public static final String STATUS_FAILED = "failed";
+    public static final String STATUS_SENT = "sent";
     
     public static final String LOG_NAME = "KALSMS";    
     public static final String LOG_INTENT = "org.envaya.kalsms.LOG";
diff --git a/src/org/envaya/kalsms/MessageStatusNotifier.java b/src/org/envaya/kalsms/MessageStatusNotifier.java
index f059a80..b4b6da0 100755
--- a/src/org/envaya/kalsms/MessageStatusNotifier.java
+++ b/src/org/envaya/kalsms/MessageStatusNotifier.java
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ public class MessageStatusNotifier extends BroadcastReceiver {
 
     private App app;
         
-    public void notifyStatus(String serverId, int status, String errorMessage)
+    public void notifyStatus(String serverId, String status, String errorMessage)
     {
         String logMessage;
-        switch (status)
+        if (status.equals(App.STATUS_SENT))
         {
-            case App.STATUS_SENT:
-                logMessage = "sent successfully"; 
-                break;
-            case App.STATUS_FAILED:
-                logMessage = "could not be sent (" + errorMessage + ")";
-                break;
-            default:
-                logMessage = "queued";
-                break;
+            logMessage = "sent successfully"; 
+        }
+        else if (status.equals(App.STATUS_FAILED))
+        {
+            logMessage = "could not be sent (" + errorMessage + ")";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logMessage = "queued";
         }
         String smsDesc = serverId == null ? "SMS reply" : ("SMS id=" + serverId);
         
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ public class MessageStatusNotifier extends BroadcastReceiver {
             app.log("Notifying server " + smsDesc + " " + logMessage);            
 
             new HttpTask(app).execute(
-                new BasicNameValuePair("from", app.getPhoneNumber()),
                 new BasicNameValuePair("id", serverId),
-                new BasicNameValuePair("status", "" + status),
+                new BasicNameValuePair("status", status),
                 new BasicNameValuePair("error", errorMessage),
                 new BasicNameValuePair("action", App.ACTION_SEND_STATUS)
             );