title: Counting characters in a string in PHP
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong> <br />
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7914779/how-can-i-get-the-exact-length-of-a-string-in-php">How can I get the exact length of a string in PHP?</a></p>
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  <p>What is the best way in PHP to count how many characters are in a string?</p>
  <p>I did a web search and couldn't seem to find anything.</p>