# SWFFont->getWidth()

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5)

SWFFont->getWidth() — Returns the string's width

### Description

SWFFont
float getWidth ( string `$string` )
Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

swffont->getwidth() returns the string `string` 's width, using font's default scaling. You'll probably want to use the swftext() version of this method which uses the text object's scale.

### See Also

- SWFFont->getUTF8Width()