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mb_strlen

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

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

Parameter

Return Values

Returns the number of characters in string string having character encoding encoding. A multi-byte character is counted as 1.

Errors/Exceptions Encoding-invalid

Changelog

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See Also

Source: reference/mbstring/functions/mb-strlen.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)