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| Shumie Unregistered guest |
I used a PHP-script as descript in: http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/867.html I'm sending this text: Handelsruim TH Sint-Nicloaaspla Antwerpen Opp.: 400 m² 1.500,00 € 03 223 55 64 ocmw-antw.tehuur-tekoop.net -> BFGG-17 If I do strlen() I get the result of 117. (This text is 117 characters long.) But NowSMS is sending it over 2 SMSes and. The € (Euro) sign isn't converted correctly. Please can you give somme support. Kind regards, Karel Mertens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 1022 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Karel, The superscript "²" character causes the message to be sent out using Unicode encoding. If any characters are outside of the GSM character set (or extended GSM character set), then NowSMS automatically uses Unicode encoding to send the message out. The problem with Unicode encoding is that when it is used, all characters must be specified in Unicode format, and it has a limit of only 70 characters per SMS message. The "Send text message" form in our web interface can be a good tool. The character counter will tell you if you are using Unicode characters or not. Then there are some characters like the Euro character (€), plus {, }, [, ], ~, ^ and , which are part of the extended GSM character set, and they take up 2 characters if the message is not in Unicode format. (The character counter will show this. This is why the character counter will sometimes display a count longer than the string length.) Here is the GSM 7-bit alphabet as defined in ETSI GSM 03.38. These characters can be used in a standard SMS message without requiring special encoding.
LF = line feed (0x0A) CR = carriage return (0x0D) SP = space character (0x20) 1) = Space holder for escape character. This character means that the character is from the GSM default alphabet extension table, and the extension code follows. Here is the GSM 7-bit default alphabet extension table as defined in ETSI GSM 03.38. These characters can be used in a standard SMS message without requiring special encoding, but require 2 characters instead of 1.
Of course, now that I go through all of the trouble of posting these character tables, I see that there is a bug in the current version of the gateway, and the handling of the Euro character. When a Euro character is included in an SMS message, the current version of NowSMS is forcing the message to be sent in Unicode format, meaning only 70 characters per SMS message. I sent you an update the gateway which fixes this problem. For anyone else who is experiencing this problem, if you have an urgent need, please e-mail nowsms@now.co.uk, otherwise this will be released shortly in a "patch 2" for the v5.0 release version. (The fix will also be included in versions after v5.0.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kulwant Unregistered guest |
how to send SMS through e-mail? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 1421 Registered: 10-2002 |
Without some sort of SMS connectivity (either through a service provider or a GSM modem), it is generally not possible. The primary exception is in the USA, where most mobile operators have e-mail domains setup that allow you to send to phonenumber@operator.specific.domain.name. The exception for the USA is that the SMS charging model is different there. In most of the world, the sender pays for SMS, and it is not possible to charge the sender if the sender is an e-mail address. In the USA, both sender and receiver pay, and the operators make an exception for e-mail to SMS, only charging the receiver. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
