mb_strlen
PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
mb_strlen - Get string length
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 encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, 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.
Exceptions and Errors
If the encoding is unknown, an error of level E_WARNING is generated.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 8.0.0 | encoding is nullable now. |