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