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InSeCo

2005-04-16, 3:56 pm

Hello,

How do I count the numbers of charaters in a string/variabele?

thnx,

InSeCo



Scriptdude

2005-04-16, 3:56 pm

InSeCo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I count the numbers of charaters in a string/variabele?
>
> thnx,
>
> InSeCo


Including spaces and other non-printable characters?

$num = strlen($mystring);

Might wanna trim of extra spaces at the end first.

$num = strlen(trim($mystring));

--
___| ___| _ \ _ _| _ \__ __| __ \ | | __ \ ____|
\___ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|
| | __ < | ___/ | | | | | | | |
_____/ \____|_| \_\___|_| _| ____/ \___/ ____/ _____|
Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a
floppy disk to reach a high shelf.
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Kimmo Laine

2005-04-16, 3:56 pm

"InSeCo" <luyendyk@yahoo.com.news> kirjoitti
viestissä:d3qv55$q7p$1@reader10.wxs.nl...
> Hello,
>
> How do I count the numbers of charaters in a string/variabele?
>


Since the concept of function reference is totally unknown to you, let me
tell you about it. There's this website php.net where there is documented a
great big collection of php functions. They are categorized for easy access.
There, from the string functions, you would've found precisely what you were
looking for: a function called strlen();

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php for details.

In the future: please check the documentation before asking this simple
questions that really aren't worth answering. It's there, online. All the
time. You can download it in various formats...


Scriptdude

2005-04-19, 3:57 am

InSeCo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I count the numbers of charaters in a string/variabele?
>
> thnx,
>
> InSeCo


Including spaces and other non-printable characters?

$num = strlen($mystring);

Might wanna trim of extra spaces at the end first.

$num = strlen(trim($mystring));

--
___| ___| _ \ _ _| _ \__ __| __ \ | | __ \ ____|
\___ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|
| | __ < | ___/ | | | | | | | |
_____/ \____|_| \_\___|_| _| ____/ \___/ ____/ _____|
Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a
floppy disk to reach a high shelf.
I thought 'Deep Throat' was a movie about a giraffe :/


Kimmo Laine

2005-04-19, 8:55 am

"InSeCo" <luyendyk@yahoo.com.news> kirjoitti
viestissä:d3qv55$q7p$1@reader10.wxs.nl...
> Hello,
>
> How do I count the numbers of charaters in a string/variabele?
>


Since the concept of function reference is totally unknown to you, let me
tell you about it. There's this website php.net where there is documented a
great big collection of php functions. They are categorized for easy access.
There, from the string functions, you would've found precisely what you were
looking for: a function called strlen();

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php for details.

In the future: please check the documentation before asking this simple
questions that really aren't worth answering. It's there, online. All the
time. You can download it in various formats...


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