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Multibyte String Functions
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mb_strlen

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strlenGet string length

Description

int mb_strlen ( string $str [, string $encoding ] )

Gets the length of a string.

Parameters

str

The string being checked for length.

encoding

The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Return Values

Returns the number of characters in string str having character encoding encoding . A multi-byte character is counted as 1.

See Also


Multibyte String Functions
PHP Manual