iconv_strlen
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
iconv_strlen — Returns the character count of string
Description
$string
, ?string $encoding
= null
): int|false
In contrast to strlen(),
iconv_strlen() counts the occurrences of characters
in the given byte sequence string
on the basis of
the specified character set, the result of which is not necessarily
identical to the length of the string in byte.
Parameters
-
string
-
The string.
-
encoding
-
If
encoding
parameter is omitted ornull
,string
is assumed to be encoded in iconv.internal_encoding.
Return Values
Returns the character count of string
, as an integer,
or false
if an error occurs during the encoding.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 |
encoding is nullable now.
|
See Also
- grapheme_strlen() - Get string length in grapheme units
- mb_strlen() - Get string length
- strlen() - Get string length