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String Functions

strlen

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

strlen — Get string length

Description

int strlen ( string $string )

Returns the length of the given string .

Parameters

string: The string being measured for length.

Return Values

The length of the string on success, and 0 if the string is empty.

Examples

Example #1 A strlen() example


<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6

$str = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>

See Also

count() - Count all elements in an array, or properties in an object
mb_strlen() - Get string length

String Functions