strlen

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

strlenGet string length

Description

strlen(string $string): int

Returns the length of the given string.

Parameters

string

The string being measured for length.

Return Values

The length of the string in bytes.

Examples

Example #1 A strlen() example

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

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

Notes

Note:

strlen() returns the number of bytes rather than the number of characters in a string.

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