Does Path.gettotallength Work For Text Svg?

I'm trying to get the path length for the stroke of a SVG text element and I'm getting a path.getTotalLength is not a function error in my console. When I look up getTotalLength, I

Solution 1:

It has not been deprecated. In SVG 1.1, getTotalLength() is only available on the <path> element.

In SVG 2, which browsers are still in the process of implementing (so you can't rely on it yet), getTotalLength() is available on all shape elements, but not including text elements.