mb_strlen
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)
mb_strlen — Get string length
Description
mb_strlen ( string $string [, string|null $encoding = null ] ) : int
Gets the length of a string.
Parameters
-
string -
The string being checked for length.
-
encoding -
The
encodingparameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted ornull, the internal character encoding value will be used.
Return Values
Returns the number of characters in string string having character encoding encoding. A multi-byte character is counted as 1.
Errors/Exceptions
If the encoding is unknown, an error of level E_WARNING is generated.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | encoding is nullable now. |
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
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