(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
grapheme_strlen — Get string length in grapheme units
Procedural style
grapheme_strlen(string $string): int|false|null
Get string length in grapheme units (not bytes or characters)
stringThe string being measured for length. It must be a valid UTF-8 string.
The length of the string on success, or false on failure.
Example #1 grapheme_strlen() example
<?php $char_a_ring_nfd = "a\xCC\x8A"; // 'LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00E5) normalization form "D" $char_o_diaeresis_nfd = "o\xCC\x88"; // 'LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS' (U+00F6) normalization form "D" print grapheme_strlen( 'abc' . $char_a_ring_nfd . $char_o_diaeresis_nfd . $char_a_ring_nfd); ?>
The above example will output:
6
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