human readable file size

Question

function humanFileSize($size)
{
    if ($size >= 1073741824) {
      $fileSize = round($size / 1024 / 1024 / 1024,1) . \'GB\';
    } elseif ($size >= 1048576)          


        

Answer 1

To expand on Vaidas' answer, here's how you should do it to account for the new IEC standards:

function human_readable_bytes($bytes, $decimals = 2, $system = 'binary')
{
    $mod = ($system === 'binary') ? 1024 : 1000;

    $units = array(
        'binary' => array(
            'B',
            'KiB',
            'MiB',
            'GiB',
            'TiB',
            'PiB',
            'EiB',
            'ZiB',
            'YiB',
        ),
        'metric' => array(
            'B',
            'kB',
            'MB',
            'GB',
            'TB',
            'PB',
            'EB',
            'ZB',
            'YB',
        ),
    );

    $factor = floor((strlen($bytes) - 1) / 3);

    return sprintf("%.{$decimals}f%s", $bytes / pow($mod, $factor), $units[$system][$factor]);
}

Technically, according to the specifications for storage devices and such you should use the metric system as default (that's why Google converter shows kB -> MB as mod 1000 instead of 1024).