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um/sms-charset-detector
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Small library for detecting whether your sms is using gsm charset only or not

v1.0.0(5y ago)114MITPHP

Since Jan 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Detecting sms charset using [gsm charset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38).

sms-charset-detector helps you to detect whether your sms content contains gsm charset symbols only or not.

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

[](#installation)

Install package with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
> composer require um/sms-charset-detector

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Simple usage:

```
use Um\CharsetDetector\BasicCharsetDetector;

$detector = new BasicCharsetDetector();
$message = 'Some message to be sent over sms';

$encoding = $detector->detectCharset($message);
echo $encoding;	// outputs either 'gsm' or 'ucs'

// simple check if charset is 'gsm'
$messageHasGsmCharset = $detector->isGsmCharset($message);
var_dump($messageHasGsmCharset);   // outputs either `true` or `false`
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

1946d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![u-mulder](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1175728?v=4)](https://github.com/u-mulder "u-mulder (29 commits)")

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Tags

gsmgsm-charsetgsm0338smsucssmsgsmUCSsms charset

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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