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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.strlen">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>strlen</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get string length</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>strlen</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the length of the given <parameter>string</parameter>. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The <type>string</type> being measured for length.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The length of the <parameter>string</parameter> in bytes.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>strlen</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6

$str = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    <function>strlen</function> returns the number of bytes rather than the number 
    of characters in a string.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>count</function></member>
    <member><function>grapheme_strlen</function></member>
    <member><function>iconv_strlen</function></member>
    <member><function>mb_strlen</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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