mb_strlen

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

    mb_strlen — Get string length

    Description

    mb_strlen(string$string, ?string$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 stringstring 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

    VersionDescription
    8.0.0encoding is nullable now.

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