# mb_strlen

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strlen — Get string length

### Description

int mb_strlen ( string `$str` [, string `$encoding` ] )

mb_strlen() returns number of characters in string `str` having character encoding `encoding` . A multi-byte character is counted as 1.

`encoding` is character encoding for `str` . If `encoding` is omitted, internal character encoding is used.

See also mb_internal_encoding(), strlen().