php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/strlen.xml
Alexey Zakhlestin 54d64fe32a there are 4 function related to calculating lengths of strings.
added cross-links between them via "see also" section

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.strlen">
<refnamediv>
<refname>strlen</refname>
<refpurpose>Get string length</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>strlen</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Returns the length of the given <parameter>string</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <type>string</type> being measured for length.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
The length of the <parameter>string</parameter> on success,
and <literal>0</literal> if the <parameter>string</parameter> is empty.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>5.3.0</entry>
<entry>
Prior versions treated arrays as the string <literal>Array</literal>, thus returning
a string length of <literal>5</literal> and emitting an <constant>E_NOTICE</constant> level error.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>strlen</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6
$str = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
<function>strlen</function> returns the number of bytes rather than the number
of characters in a string.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
<function>strlen</function> returns &null; when executed on arrays, and
an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> level error is emitted.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>count</function></member>
<member><function>grapheme_strlen</function></member>
<member><function>iconv_strlen</function></member>
<member><function>mb_strlen</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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