function Helper::length

Returns the length of a string, using mb_strlen if it is available. The length is related to how many bytes the string will use.

2 calls to Helper::length()

ProgressBar::initPlaceholderFormatters in vendor/symfony/console/Helper/ProgressBar.php

Table::renderCell in vendor/symfony/console/Helper/Table.php

Renders table cell with padding.

File

vendor/symfony/console/Helper/Helper.php, line 59

Class

Helper

Helper is the base class for all helper classes.

Namespace

Symfony\Component\Console\Helper

Code

public static function length(?string $string) : int {
    $string ??= '';
    if (preg_match('//u', $string)) {
        return (new UnicodeString($string))->length();
    }
    if (false === ($encoding = mb_detect_encoding($string, null, true))) {
        return \strlen($string);
    }
    return mb_strlen($string, $encoding);
}