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Idiom #169 String length

Assign to integer n the number of characters of string s.

This can be different from the number of bytes of s.

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Idiom #169 String length

Assign to integer n the number of characters of string s.

This can be different from the number of bytes of s.

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$n = strlen($s);
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returns the number of bytes (good for ascii strings as 1 byte = 1 character)
Doc URL
https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php
Demo URL
https://3v4l.org/vB4JM