Counting Letters

[ukgimp]

It feels like i am close. Howver the below funtion produces a value of 4, as it groups the letters. Is there a command to do that for the actual number of characters.

cheers

$phrase = "abcad";

$num_char = count(count_chars($phrase,1));
echo $num_char;

[ukgimp]

you mess around for ages, post a question then find the flaming answer

strlen($str);

[bloke in a box]

Hehehe :) www.php.net is your best resource for basic php commands.

[ukgimp]

i like your nic lol, cheers

[mincklerstraat]

I find it's worthwhile, every few weeks, just to look at the string functions and array functions to see if anything new strikes you, or if there's anything you could use to speed up your programming. And every few months, the other functions. This can really speed up your programming.

[elgumbo]

you mess around for ages, post a question then find the flaming answer

I can't tell you how many times I have started to post a question only to figure out the solution straight away.

I think it is something to with the process of trying to formulate a question in plain English that seems to unlock something inside my head.

[ukgimp]

mincklerstraat

I think i do need to have a more frquent look throught the functions list.

I may just do that if i remember :)