PHP | filesize() Function
December 15, 2020
Hello dear readers! welcome back to another edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP filesize() Function.
The built-in filesize() function in PHP returns the size of a specified file.
The built-in filesize() function in PHP returns the size of a specified file.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
int filesize ( string $filename )
This function returns the file size in bytes or false (and can generate an error of the level E_WARNING) in case of an error.
Return Value
This built-in PHP function returns the file size in bytes on success or false on failure.
Example
Try out the below example -
<?php $filename = "/PhpProject/sample.txt"; echo $filename . ': ' . filesize($filename) . ' bytes'; ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
/PhpProject/sample.txt: 40 bytes
Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial guide. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP filetype() Function.
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