parse_size

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parse_size($size)

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.

Related topics

Input validation

Functions to validate user input.

Formatting

Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.

Code

includes/common.inc, line 1114

<?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])];
  }
}
?>

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