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strlen

strlen

(PHP 3, 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()
mb_strlen()