Get string length (original) (raw)
mb_strlen
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)
mb_strlen — Get string length
Description
mb_strlen ( string $str [, string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding() ] ) : int
Parameters
str
The string being checked for length.
encoding
The encodingparameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.
Return Values
Returns the number of characters instring str having character encodingencoding. A multi-byte character is counted as 1.
Errors/Exceptions
If the encoding is unknown, an error of level**E_WARNING** is generated.
See Also
- mb_internal_encoding() - Set/Get internal character encoding
- grapheme_strlen() - Get string length in grapheme units
- iconv_strlen() - Returns the character count of string
- strlen() - Get string length