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 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.

See Also

  • count
  • grapheme_strlen
  • iconv_strlen
  • mb_strlen