How to turn my text ringer off?

I want to turn my text ringer off because I get thousand of text from my friends and everytime my texting ringer comes up saying I got a text my mom is gonna be like who you texting somebody how do I turn my texting ring off so she can't know that I'm getting texties I have a iPhone

To turn the iPhone ringer off and use iPhone silent mode, all you need to do is flip a switch.

On the upper left-hand side of the iPhone is a small switch.It's just above the volume control and below the phone's corner. (for the iphone)

To turn the iPhone ringer off and put the phone into silent mode, flip the switch down towards the bottom of the phone. An onscreen icon showing a bell with a line through it will appear to confirm that the ringer is off. You will also be able to see an orange dot on the switch.

Flipping the switch back up will turn the switch back on.