Re: string size in bytes
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:29:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: string size in bytes | ||
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:13:42PM -0600, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> >i need to know how many bytes are in a string
> >
> >example:
> >
> >$string = "blah";
> >
> >string == how many bytes
>
> Well, if you're willing to ignore all the unicode stuff, you can use
> strlen() since 1 byte = 1 character. Check that manpage to see if there's
> a unicode safe version.
strlen will count bytes but not necessarily characters (if unicode
is used)
Curt.
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