# strlen

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

strlen — Get string length

### Description

int strlen ( string `$string` )

Returns the length of the given `string` .

### Parameters

`string`

  The string being measured for length.

### Return Values

The length of the `string` on success, and 0 if the `string` is empty.

### Examples

Example#1 A strlen() example

`<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6
$str = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>`

### See Also

- count()
- mb_strlen()