Japanese text not visible in mobile

Question

I am sending text message having Japanese characters.

Here is my message

In japanese

このOTPを使用してQuikドライブにログインします。 このOTPを誰とも共有しないでください

Answer 1

You need to use Unicode to send non GSM characters via SMS and then also set the unicode parameter.

Here is a PHP example:

$converted = iconv(
    "UTF-8", 
    "UCS-2BE", 
    "このOTPを使用してQuikドライブにログインします。 このOTPを誰とも共有しないでください"
);

$sms_data = urlencode(bin2hex($converted));

http://api.clickatell.com/....text=$sms_data&unicode=1

NOTE: Unicode messages are generally shorter than non-unicode messages, so be careful as you may pay for more than one message, detailed info over here:

https://archive.clickatell.com/developers/api-docs/concatenation-advanced-message-send/

Snippet:

70 (16-bit) characters allowed in a single SMS message part 67 (16-bit) characters used per message part when sending concatenated messages

Answer 2

You probably need to set the charset to UTF-8 before sending. I don't know what the actual charset your'e using in your code but make sure its UTF-8.

If you already using UTF-8, make sure the actual Font you using is able to handle the Japanese letters.

For more explanation on how to handle Japanese letters, maybe you should check this:

https://www.kanjidatabase.com/japanese_developer_tips.php