Length ViewHelper <f:length>

The LengthViewHelper returns the length of a given string. Setting the character encoding is optional.

Examples

Simple example

<f:length value="Hello, World!" />
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Output:

13
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Example with encoding

<f:length value="Hello, World!" encoding="UTF-8" />
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Output:

13
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For supported character encodings see https://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.supported-encodings.php

Inline notation

{f:length(value: 'Hello, World!')}
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Output:

13
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Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: LengthViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments

The following arguments are available for the length ViewHelper:

encoding

encoding
Type
string
Character encoding

value

value
Type
mixed
An string