Is there a better way to handle account verification via sms?

This is the code I have right now. I haven't tested it out yet but it looks like it's going to work? lol

RegisterController.php

protected function create(array $data)
    {
        $user = User::create([
            'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
            'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
            'mobile_number' => $data['mobile_number'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
            'authentication_code' => $this->generateAuthCode()
        ]);

        $textMessage = new SmsController($user->mobile_number, $user->authentication_code);
        $result = $textMessage->sendAuthCode();

        if ($result ) {
            // success
        } else {
            // error
        }

        return $user;
    }

SmsController.php

public function __construct($number, $message) {
        $this->number = $number;
        $this->message = $message;
    }

    public function sendAuthCode()
    {
        $postData = array(
            '1' => $this->number,
            '2' => $this->message,
            '3' => $this->apicode
        );

        $ch = curl_init();
        curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
            CURLOPT_URL => $this->url,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
            CURLOPT_POST => true,
            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query($postData)
        ));

        // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYUSER, 0);

        return curl_exec($ch);
        curl_close($ch);
    }