if (iconv_strlen ($string1) < iconv_strlen ($string2)) {
            return array ('stringLonger' => $string2, 'stringShorter' => $string1);

        } else if (iconv_strlen ($string1) == iconv_strlen ($string2)) {
            return array ('stringLonger' => $string2, 'stringShorter' => $string1);

        } else {
            return array ('stringLonger' => $string1, 'stringShorter' => $string2);
        }

// to
if (iconv_strlen ($string1) <= iconv_strlen ($string2)) {
            return array ('stringLonger' => $string2, 'stringShorter' => $string1);
        } else {
            return array ('stringLonger' => $string1, 'stringShorter' => $string2);
        }