Returns the character count of string

# iconv_strlen

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

iconv_strlen — Returns the character count of string

### Descrierea

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

In contrast to strlen(), iconv_strlen() counts the occurrences of characters in the given byte sequence `str` on the basis of the specified character set, the result of which is not necessarily identical to the length of the string in byte.

### Parametri

`str`

  The string.

`charset`

  If `charset` parameter is omitted, `str` is assumed to be encoded in iconv.internal_encoding.

### Valorile întoarse

Returns the character count of `str`, as an integer.

### A se vedea și

- grapheme_strlen() - Get string length in grapheme units
- mb_strlen() - Get string length
- strlen() - Get string length