strlen – PHP String Functions
Syntax :
int strlen ( string );
Description :
It’s an inbuilt function of PHP. The strlen() function returns the length of a string.
Parameter :
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Name, Required /Optional, Value Type, Description
string, Required, String, String to check the length.
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Output :
Returns the length of a string on success, and 0 if the string is empty.
ChangeLog :
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PHP Version, Description
5.3.0, Prior versions treated arrays as the string Array thus returning a string length of 5 and emitting an E_NOTICE level error.
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strlen() – PHP Functions Example 1 : Return the length of the string
<?php
echo strlen("Hi from tutorialmines.");
?>Output of above code in the browser is as below:
22
strlen() – PHP Functions Example 2 : Returns 0 if the string is empty.
<?php
echo strlen("");
?>Output of above code in the browser is as below:
0
