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talkroute/message-segment-calculator
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A calculator that gives you the segments (SMS) used for sending a message.

1.0.0(3y ago)4115.2k↓14.2%[1 issues](https://github.com/talkroute/message-segment-calculator-php/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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Overview
========

[](#overview)

A PHP library that enables you to calculate the message segments used for sending a message on the GSM network. A port of [Twillio's Segment Calculator](https://github.com/TwilioDevEd/message-segment-calculator).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require talkroute/message-segment-calculator
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Talkroute\MessageSegmentCalculator\SegmentCalculator;

$message = '💡 With great power comes great responsibility.';
$segmentsUsedCount = SegmentCalculator::segmentsCount($message);

echo "The '$message' message used $segmentsUsedCount segments."
```

🛠️ Features
-----------

[](#️-features)

- [Smart Encoding](https://www.twilio.com/docs/messaging/services#smart-encoding) mode
- Segments calculation
- Bits calculation

### Bits calculation

[](#bits-calculation)

```
SegmentCalculator::bitsCount($message);
```

### Smart encoding mode

[](#smart-encoding-mode)

```
SegmentCalculator::segmentsCount($message, true);
SegmentCalculator::bitsCount($message, true);
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1138d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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