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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. instasent/sms-counter-php ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) instasent/sms-counter-php ========================= SMS Counter PHP Class Library which detects encoding of an SMS message text, counts the characters as per the encoding and gives page limit information. 0.5.2(6y ago)491.3Mโ†“16.1%28[3 issues](https://github.com/instasent/sms-counter-php/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/instasent/sms-counter-php/pulls)4MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0 Since Jul 18Pushed 2y ago5 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/instasent/sms-counter-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/instasent/sms-counter-php)[ Docs](http://github.com/instasent/sms-counter-php)[ RSS](/packages/instasent-sms-counter-php/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (1)Versions (14)Used By (4) Instasent - SMS Counter for PHP =============================== [](#instasent---sms-counter-for-php) Character counter for SMS Messages [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9335c8918d3429d19d066d478c0a6167c00cf4e460278a25b8b9ad4d7a5bf0e2/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f696e73746173656e742f736d732d636f756e7465722d7068702e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/instasent/sms-counter-php)[![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f3187df3b005d2999b3cce95243547f60b5c6e3b0ffaa179f9e5c8c5b3a6ca3a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f73656e73696f6c6162732f692f30613266613837612d303238372d343666362d623862352d3831386234346132623966392e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/0a2fa87a-0287-46f6-b8b5-818b44a2b9f9) Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` use Instasent\SMSCounter\SMSCounter; $smsCounter = new SMSCounter(); $smsCounter->count('some-string-to-be-counted'); $smsCounter->countWithShiftTables('some-string-to-be-counted'); ``` which returns ``` stdClass Object ( [encoding] => GSM_7BIT [length] => 25 [per_message] => 160 [remaining] => 135 [messages] => 1 ) ``` ##### UTF16 notice [](#utf16-notice) When using unicode chars over U+10000 (mainly emoticons ๐Ÿ˜Ž) on messages larger than 70 chars the *remaining* value will actually be the **remaining chars in last message part only**, this is due to how those chars are encoded using two 16bit chars and max part length being an odd number (67) #### Sanitization [](#sanitization) You can sanitize your text to be a valid strict GSM 03.38 charset ``` use Instasent\SMSCounter\SMSCounter; $smsCounter = new SMSCounter(); $smsCounter->sanitizeToGSM('dadรกรณ'); //return dadao ``` #### National Language Shift Tables [](#national-language-shift-tables) Starting release 8 of GSM 03.38 some additional charsets are allowed. This is the list of such National Language Shift Tables currently supported - [Turkish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38#Turkish_language_(Latin_script)) - [Spanish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38#Spanish_language_(Latin_script)) - [Portuguese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38#Portuguese_language_(Latin_script)) Installation ------------ [](#installation) `sms-counter-php` is available via [composer](http://getcomposer.org) on [packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/instasent/sms-counter-php). ``` { "require": { "instasent/sms-counter-php": "^0.4" } } ``` License ------- [](#license) SMS Counter (PHP) is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE-MIT.md) ### Mentions [](#mentions) - Original idea : [danxexe/sms-counter](https://github.com/danxexe/sms-counter) - Fork Idea from: [acpmasquerade/sms-counter-php](https://github.com/acpmasquerade/sms-counter-php) ### Health Score 41 โ€” FairBetter than 89% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates โ€” may be unmaintained Popularity54 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community25 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity55 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 51.1% of commits โ€” single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** โ€” Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** โ€” Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~129 days Recently: every ~189 days Total 12 Last Release 2539d ago PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.3.0 v0.2.0PHP >=5.4.0 v0.4.0PHP >=5.6.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c6a33e58698c721e8320faec7ff2781101b276c0cb2eaa70619084a1d60ab889?d=identicon)[markitosgv](/maintainers/markitosgv) --- Top Contributors [![luishdez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38347?v=4)](https://github.com/luishdez "luishdez (23 commits)")[![juliangut](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1104131?v=4)](https://github.com/juliangut "juliangut (13 commits)")[![markitosgv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1706470?v=4)](https://github.com/markitosgv "markitosgv (8 commits)")[![z38](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3948085?v=4)](https://github.com/z38 "z38 (1 commits)") --- Tags gsmphpsms-counterunicodesmsmobilecountergsm ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/instasent-sms-counter-php/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/instasent-sms-counter-php/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/instasent-sms-counter-php) ``` ### Alternatives [mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib Mobile\_Detect is a lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices. 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