mapdev\FacebookMessenger\MessengerUtils::checkStringLength PHP Method

    public static function checkStringLength($string, $max_len)
    {
        if (strlen($string) > $max_len) {
            throw CouldNotCreateMessage::textExceedsMaximumLength($max_len);
        }
        return $string;
    }

 public function setGreetingText($text)
 {
     return $this->api->callApi('me/thread_settings', ['setting_type' => 'greeting', 'greeting' => ['text' => MessengerUtils::checkStringEncoding(MessengerUtils::checkStringLength($text, 160), 'UTF-8')]]);
 }