1 unicode.inc | backdrop_strlen($text) |
Counts the number of characters in a UTF-8 string.
This is less than or equal to the byte count.
Parameters
string $text: The string to run the operation on.
Return value
integer: The length of the string.
Related topics
File
- core/
includes/ unicode.inc, line 480 - Provides Unicode-related conversions and operations.
Code
function backdrop_strlen($text) {
// Bail early if $text is NULL.
// @todo Remove this in 2.x.
if (is_null($text)) {
return 0;
}
global $multibyte;
if ($multibyte == UNICODE_MULTIBYTE) {
return mb_strlen($text);
}
else {
// Do not count UTF-8 continuation bytes.
return strlen(preg_replace("/[\x80-\xBF]/", '', $text));
}
}