Number formatting with file sizes

jamesb63

Does anyone know or have a routine which can take a number which is basically a value in bytes and return it nice flowery text format, eg:

11932299647 to return as 11.93gb

I've been finding more and more recently that functions i've had to write in the past are now appearing as language functions in the latest versions of PHP so rather than re-invent the wheel, thought i'd ask.

Hope someone can give me a simple algorithm or function for this.

Thanks
James

planetsim

as filesize returns bytes you must divide it by 1024 then that would be Kb if you do it again Mb then Gb and if your getting bigger than Gb.(I personally doubt Tb)

jamesb63

Thanks for that, i was mainly wondering if someone had already done it, sounds a bit lame I know, but i've spent several months re-inventing the wheel with PHP cos everytime I write a new function or parser for something, the next version of PHP has it as a core language construct.

Thanks again.

James

datona

Do not quote me on this coding as I am not a true guru of php BUT I just finished today a script that takes a number in bytes and converts it to MB.

$hosting = (($hosting_data[0]/1024)/1024);
$hosting = round($hosting, 3);
echo "TOTAL Bandwidth: $hosting MB";

you can change the 3 to a two if you only want to show two decimal places past.

If anyone can come up with something else, please I would like to know also as this is something I just thought up and I am sure there is an easier way.