strlen

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

strlen -- Get string length

Description

int strlen ( string string )

Returns the length of the given string.

Example 1. A strlen() example

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

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

See also count(), and mb_strlen().