diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Parameters for the sendSMS function in order:
 ## Requirements ##
 The class requires PHP5 and the PHP5 cURL module (php5-curl on Debian systems).
 
+## Examples ##
+In the examples directory are two easy to follow example on how this class can
+be used. Both examples should work out of the box as is.
+
 ## Copyright ##
 This class is written by Jack-Benny Persson and released under GNU GPL
 version 2. 
diff --git a/examples/sms_as_args.php b/examples/sms_as_args.php
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+++ b/examples/sms_as_args.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+/* 
+    A small example of what can be done with the cellcentClass.
+    Here is a script that let's a user send SMS-messages from the command-line
+    by giving two arguments to the script, the first one is the phone number,
+    the second is the text message to be sent.
+    Login information and originator text is set as static values here.
+*/
+
+// the class is required...
+require ("../cellsyntClass.php");
+
+// check if user entered two arguments
+if (!isset($argv[1]) || !isset($argv[2])) 
+{
+    print "Usage: $argv[0] <phone nr> <'quoted text message'>\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+// put arguments into "real" variables for readability
+$phone = $argv[1];
+$message = $argv[2];
+
+// check if the phone number looks valid
+if (!preg_match("/\d{7,16}/", $phone))
+{
+    print "That dosen't look like a valid phone number\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+// instatiate the class
+$cliSMS = new Cellsynt("myuser", "sEcReT", "alpha", "From CLI");
+// call the sendSMS function with the phone number and message
+$status = $cliSMS->sendSMS($phone, $message);
+
+// check for an OK message at the start of the line, in that case everything
+// was fine
+if (preg_match("/^OK/", $status))
+{
+    print "Message was sent successfully. Status message reads:\n";
+    print $status . "\n";
+    exit(0);
+}
+// if there were no OK message, something didn't work
+else
+{
+    print "Something didn't work out as expected. Status message reads:\n";
+    print $status . "\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+// if we got to down here, something was wrong, exit with status code 1
+exit(1);
+
+?>
diff --git a/examples/webpage.php b/examples/webpage.php
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@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+/* 
+    An example of what the cellsyntClass can be used for.
+    Here is a simple webpage from which one can send SMS-message by specifing
+    phone number, text message and sender information.
+*/
+
+// the class is required for this to work
+require ("../cellsyntClass.php");
+
+// start the HTML
+print <<<_START_HTML_
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<head>
+<title>Example SMS webpage</title>
+<meta charset="UTF-8" />
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<h1>Send SMS-message</h1>
+
+<form action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]" method="post">
+Phone number:<input type="text" name="phone" size="18" maxlength="18"><br/>
+Message:<br/>
+<textarea name="message" cols="70" rows="15"></textarea><br/>
+Sender:<input type="text" name="sender" size="11" maxlength="11"><br/>
+<input type="submit" value="Send SMS"><br/>
+</form>
+_START_HTML_;
+
+// check if the form has been submitted in which case we send the SMS
+if((isset($_POST['phone'])) || (isset($_POST['message'])) ||
+    (isset($_POST['sender'])))
+{
+    // make variables of the _POST array
+    $phone = $_POST['phone'];
+    $message = $_POST['message'];
+    $sender = $_POST['sender'];
+
+    // instantiate class with $sender and hardcoded user and password
+    $MySMS = new Cellsynt("myuser", "sEcReT", "alpha", "$sender");
+    // call the sendSMS function and print the status-message on the webpage
+    print "<p>" . $MySMS->sendSMS($phone, $message) . "</p>\n";
+}
+
+?>
+
+</body>
+</html>
