Re: [PHP] strlen ?

Jim Giner wrote:
> Trying to manage line breaks in some output I'm generating and using 
> strlen to measure the lengths of the strings I'm printing. Discovered 
> something strange (to me!) in that strlen is returning +1 more than it 
> should.
>
> The strings are from a query of my database - simple name fields. But 
> everyone of them is coming back with a length that is one more than I 
> see.
>
> Ex.
>
> Mike Hall  comes back as 10, not 9
> F.B. comes back as 5, not 4.
>
> I've looked at my data and counted the chars - there is no extra space 
> at the beginning or end in my table.
>
> Anyone have an explanation?
>
Does strlen count the line feed?