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iconv_strlen

Description

The iconv_strlen of iconv for PHP returns the character count of string.

Syntax

iconv_strlen(
    string $string,
    ?string $encoding = null
): int|false

Parameters

string

The string.

encoding

If encoding parameter is omitted or null, string is assumed to be encoded in iconv.internal_encoding.

Return

Returns the character count of string, as an integer, or false if an error occurs during the encoding.

Examples

1 · string

<?

$string = "string·";

$return = iconv_strlen($string);

echo $return;
7

2 · encoding

<?

$string = "string·";
$encoding = "ISO-8859-1";

$return = iconv_strlen($string, $encoding);

echo $return;
8