PHP Manual
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(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
Returns the length of the given string.
Example 1. A strlen() example
<?php$str = 'abcdef';echo strlen($str); // 6$str = ' ab cd ';echo strlen($str); // 7?>
See also count(), and mb_strlen().