parse_size

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Definition

parse_size($size)
includes/common.inc, line 983

Description

Parse a given byte count.

Parameters

$size The size expressed as a number of bytes with optional SI size and unit suffix (e.g. 2, 3K, 5MB, 10G).

Return value

An integer representation of the size.

Name	Description
Formatting	Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.
Input validation	Functions to validate user input.

Code

<?php
function parse_size($size) {
  $suffixes = array(
    '' => 1,
    'k' => 1024,
    'm' => 1048576, // 1024 * 1024
    'g' => 1073741824, // 1024 * 1024 * 1024
  );
  if (preg_match('/([0-9]+)\s*(k|m|g)?(b?(ytes?)?)/i', $size, $match)) {
    return $match[1] * $suffixes[drupal_strtolower($match[2])];
  }
}
?>