How to get length of the longest sequence with same characters in a string?

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Published on 2010-05-10T15:16:30Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 15:24 UTC
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function getLength($str)
{
   //function i need
}
$str1 = 'aabbcccc'; 
$str2 = 'aabbccccaaaaa';
echo getLength($str1); //will get 4
echo getLength($str2); //will get 5

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