PHP strlen() Function Usage and Example

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　 　 The strlen() function is used to return the length of a string, and the handling of Chinese character strings uses mb_strlen() Function

int strlen ( string $string )

Definition and Usage

It is used to get the length of the string.

Return Value

　Returns the length of the string string if successful; if string is empty, returns 0.

Parameter

Online Example

Try the following example to calculate the length of a string:

<?php
//Calculate the length of a string
$input = 'sairam'12345';　
echo strlen($input);
echo '<br>';
//Calculate the length of a string containing spaces
$str = '  ab  cd  ';
echo strlen($str);　
echo '<br>';
//Calculate the length of a string containing special characters or punctuation marks
$str = '@abcd$#';
echo strlen($str);　
?>

Output Result

11
7
7

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