Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 6.x includes/common.inc \parse_size()
  2. 7.x includes/common.inc \parse_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

2 calls to parse_size()
color_scheme_form_submit in modules/color/color.module
Submit handler for color change form.
file_upload_max_size in includes/file.inc
Determine the maximum file upload size by querying the PHP settings.

File

includes/common.inc, line 1125
Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

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