PHP strlen() Function
The PHP strlen() function returns the length of the given string.
Note: This function returns the number of bytes rather than the number of characters in a string.
Syntax
strlen(string)
Parameters
string |
Required. Specify the string being measured for length. |
Return Value
Returns the length of the string on success, and 0 if the string is empty.
Example:
In the example below, strlen() function is used to find out the length of the string.
<?php $MyString = "Hello World!"; $String_Length = strlen($MyString); echo "String length = ".$String_Length; ?>
The output of the above code will be:
String length = 12
❮ PHP String Reference
