php man page for iconv_strlen

ICONV_STRLEN(3) 							 1							   ICONV_STRLEN(3)

iconv_strlen - Returns the character count of string

SYNOPSIS
       int iconv_strlen (string  $str, [string	$charset = ini_get("iconv.internal_encoding")])

DESCRIPTION
	In  contrast to strlen(3), iconv_strlen(3) counts the occurrences of characters in the given byte sequence $str on the basis of the speci-
       fied character set, the result of which is not necessarily identical to the length of the string in byte.

PARAMETERS
	      o $str
		- The string.

	      o $charset
		- If $charset parameter is omitted, $str is assumed to be encoded in iconv.internal_encoding.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the character count of $str, as an integer.

SEE ALSO
       grapheme_strlen(3), mb_strlen(3), strlen(3).

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