strlen
    (PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)
strlen -- Get string length
Description
int 
strlen ( string string)
     Returns the length of the given string.
    
     
Example 1. A strlen() example 
<?php $str = 'abcdef'; echo strlen($str); // 6
  $str = ' ab cd '; echo strlen($str); // 7 ?>
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     See also count(), and mb_strlen().