char_length
Description
This function returns the length of a string. For multibytes characters, it returns the number of characters. It currently only supports utf8 coding. Note: This function is also named as character_length.
Syntax
INT char_length(VARCHAR str)
Examples
MySQL > select char_length("abc");
+--------------------+
| char_length('abc') |
+--------------------+
| 3 |
+--------------------+
keyword
CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH