PHP - Get length of digits in a number

Question

I would like to ask how I can get the length of digits in an Integer. For example:

$num = 245354;
$numlength = mb_strlen($num);

$numl

Answer 1

The following function work for either integers or floats (read comments for more info):

/* Counts digits of a number, even floats.
 * $number: The number.
 * $dec: Determines counting digits:
 * 0: Without decimal
 * 1: Only decimal
 * 2: With decimal (i.e. all parts)
 */

// PHP5
function digits_count($number, $dec = 0) {
    $number = abs($number);
    $numberParts = explode(".", $number);
    if (!isset($numberParts[1]))
        $numberParts[1] = 0;
    return ($dec == 1 ? 0 : strlen($numberParts[0])) +
        ($dec == 0 ? 0 : strlen($numberParts[1]));
}

// PHP7
function digits_count($number, int $dec = 0) : int {
    $number = abs($number);
    $numberParts = explode(".", $number);
    return ($dec == 1 ? 0 : strlen($numberParts[0])) +
        ($dec == 0 ? 0 : strlen($numberParts[1] ?? 0));
}

I recommend you using PHP7 one, it's shorter and cleaner.

Hope it helps!