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 encodingparameter is omitted ornull,stringis 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 | encodingis nullable now. | 
See Also
- grapheme_strlen() - Get string length in grapheme units
- mb_strlen() - Get string length
- strlen() - Get string length
 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    
 
          