Re: strlen() gives a wrong count

From: Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:17:05 +0000
Subject: Re: strlen() gives a wrong count
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Well, how are you putting it into the string? On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Gil Disatnik wrote: > Hello there, > > I have a 98 characters string (including spaces), wc -c says it's 98 > characters and a file containing this string is 98 bytes as well. > > For some reason - strlen() says it's more... it says it's a 104 characters > strings, when I removed the spaces (using sed on the shell and using > str_replace on php) - wc said it's 83 characters and strlen() said it's 89... > > How could that be? is there another way to get the exact number of > characters in a string? > > Thanks. > > > > Regards > > Gil Disatnik > UNIX system/security administrator. > > GibsonLP@EFnet > > _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > "Windows NT has detected mouse movement, you MUST restart > your computer before the new settings will take effect, [ OK ]" > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows is a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit GUI based on a 8 bit operating > system, written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company which can > not stand 1 bit of competition. > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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