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function.dirsize.php

Calculate the size of a directory by iterating its contents

New algorithm means only 1 branch is open in memory at a time so extremely large directories can be calculated quickly.

  • Author: Aidan Lister <aidan@php.net>
  • Version: 1.2.0
  • Link: http://aidanlister.com/repos/v/function.dirsize.php
  • Views: 19955
  • Downloads: 1767

Source

Download this script <?php
/**
 * Calculate the size of a directory by iterating its contents
 *
 * New algorithm means only 1 branch is open in memory at a time
 * so extremely large directories can be calculated quickly.
 *
 * @author      Aidan Lister <aidan@php.net>
 * @version     1.2.0
 * @link        http://aidanlister.com/repos/v/function.dirsize.php
 * @param       string   $directory    Path to directory
 */
function dirsize($path)
{
    // Init
    $size = 0;
 
    // Trailing slash
    if (substr($path, -1, 1) !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
        $path .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
    }
 
    // Sanity check
    if (is_file($path)) {
        return filesize($path);
    } elseif (!is_dir($path)) {
        return false;
    }
 
    // Iterate queue
    $queue = array($path);
    for ($i = 0, $j = count($queue); $i < $j; ++$i)
    {
        // Open directory
        $parent = $i;
        if (is_dir($queue[$i]) && $dir = @dir($queue[$i])) {
            $subdirs = array();
            while (false !== ($entry = $dir->read())) {
                // Skip pointers
                if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
                    continue;
                }
 
                // Get list of directories or filesizes
                $path = $queue[$i] . $entry;
                if (is_dir($path)) {
                    $path .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
                    $subdirs[] = $path;
                } elseif (is_file($path)) {
                    $size += filesize($path);
                }
            }
 
            // Add subdirectories to start of queue
            unset($queue[0]);
            $queue = array_merge($subdirs, $queue);
 
            // Recalculate stack size
            $i = -1;
            $j = count($queue);
 
            // Clean up
            $dir->close();
            unset($dir);
        }
    }
 
    return $size;
}
 
?>

Example

<pre>
<?php
require_once 'function.dirsize.php';
 
// Show the current directory
echo dirsize('.');
echo "\n";
 
// We can use size_readable to format the result
require_once 'function.size_readable.php';
echo size_readable(dirsize('.'));
?>
</pre>

Output

2645378
2.65 MB

Comments

December 1st, 2005
Bruv, u are a genius. Been looking for a way to solve the directory size problem and alas after searching the whole planet!! i found ur code snippet, was really helpful. Had a few bugs but got my head round it and it certainly worked. You highly regarded, sir!! BEEN a php novice, been programming in php for about 3 months and i have def learnt from u! Hope i can pass on my knowledge to others! Thanks and GOD BLESS!!