parse_size

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Definition

parse_size($size)
includes/common.inc, line 1175

Description

Parse a given byte count.

Parameters

$size A 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

Name	Description
Formatting	Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.

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])];
  }
}
?>