note 92846 added to function.strlen

I noticed something odd when I use strlen to count my hash size. He will always return the bit size of the hash, not the character size. Example: $text = hash("sha512",md5("some text")); echo strlen($text); It will show 128, which is actually the strength in bit for sha512, or something like that, but it is not the character size. Sha512 have 95 characters. I don't know why this thing happens when strlen is used on hash, but on everything else (normal string) it works as he needs to, which means, he counts how many characters are there. I hope I helped somebody with this. :-) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 87.116.140.72 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92846 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92846 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92846 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php