strlen

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strlen - Get string length

strlen( string$string ): int

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.

Notes

Note:

strlen returns the number of bytes rather than the number of characters in a string.

Note:

strlen returns null when executed on arrays, and an E_WARNING level error is emitted.

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