[thelist] http -> sms, character coding

[Kasimir K]

... so no-one been working on sms...?

may I re-phrase my questions a bit:

Now I have a table called $ascii_to_sms, where keys are iso-8859-1 
characters, and values are allowed sms equivalents. like this:
  'á' => 'a',
and then I just:
$text = strtr($text, $ascii_to_sms);

Is this the best way to do this?

And I'd still love to hear about any links, advice, experince you may 
have on http2sms gateways...

cheers,
.k


> I'm working on an application which uses http to sms gateway. As the 
> system will be used in many European countries, there's the national 
> character issue. For instance here: 
> http://www.dreamfabric.com/sms/default_alphabet.html
> is a nice table of the sms 7 bit alphabet.
> 
> The content that is sent out is managed with a CMS, where the authors 
> throw in all obscure national characters they can come up with...
> 
> So I have to filter the messages I'm sending to the gateway.
> 
> Then to my questions:
> - Any ideas how to do the character filtering efficiently? There may be 
> peak times, so speed is of essence here.
> - Do all phones and operators handle the gsm alphabet in same way, or 
> are the variations on this?
> - Experiences and links would be appreciated, as this is my first 
> sms-project...
> 
> ¡muchas gracias!
> .kasimir