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How to get directory size in PHP

Asked 2009-01-25T19:38:30.243
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function foldersize($path) {
  $total_size = 0;
  $files = scandir($path);

  foreach($files as $t) {
    if (is_dir(rtrim($path, '/') . '/' . $t)) {
      if ($t<>"." && $t<>"..") {
          $size = foldersize(rtrim($path, '/') . '/' . $t);

          $total_size += $size;
      }
    } else {
      $size = filesize(rtrim($path, '/') . '/' . $t);
      $total_size += $size;
    }
  }
  return $total_size;
}

function format_size($size) {
  $mod = 1024;
  $units = explode(' ','B KB MB GB TB PB');
  for ($i = 0; $size > $mod; $i++) {
    $size /= $mod;
  }

  return round($size, 2) . ' ' . $units[$i];
}

$SIZE_LIMIT = 5368709120; // 5 GB

$sql="select * from users order by id";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $disk_used = foldersize("C:/xampp/htdocs/freehosting/".$row['name']);

  $disk_remaining = $SIZE_LIMIT - $disk_used;
  print 'Name: ' . $row['name'] . '<br>';

  print 'diskspace used: ' . format_size($disk_used) . '<br>';
  print 'diskspace left: ' . format_size($disk_remaining) . '<br><hr>';
}

php disk_total_space

Any idea why the processor usage shoot up too high or 100% till the script execution is finish ? Can anything be done to optimize it? or is there any other alternative way to check folder and folders inside it size?

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I found this approach to be shorter and more compatible. The Mac OS X version of "du" doesn't support the -b (or --bytes) option for some reason, so this sticks to the more-compatible -k option.

$file_directory = './directory/path';
$output = exec('du -sk ' . $file_directory);
$filesize = trim(str_replace($file_directory, '', $output)) * 1024;

Returns the $filesize in bytes.

answered 2012-06-27T02:18:06.653
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Johnathan Sampson's Linux example didn't work so good for me. Here's an improved version:

function getDirSize($path)
{
    $io = popen('/usr/bin/du -sb '.$path, 'r');
    $size = intval(fgets($io,80));
    pclose($io);
    return $size;
}
answered 2012-01-31T09:23:02.707

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