PHP | filesize() Function

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.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

int filesize ( string $filename )

READ: PHP | fileperms() Function

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

READ: PHP | fileinode() Function

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.

Do feel free to ask your questions where necessary and i will attend to them as soon as possible. If this tutorial was helpful to you, you can use the share button to share this tutorial.

Follow us on our various social media platforms to stay updated with our latest tutorials. You can also subscribe to our newsletter in order to get our tutorials delivered directly to your emails.

Thanks for reading and bye for now.