Php/docs/function.disk-free-space

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disk_free_space

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

disk_free_spaceReturns available space on filesystem or disk partition


Description

disk_free_space ( string $directory ) : float|false

Given a string containing a directory, this function will return the number of bytes available on the corresponding filesystem or disk partition.


Parameters

directory

A directory of the filesystem or disk partition.

Note:

Given a file name instead of a directory, the behaviour of the function is unspecified and may differ between operating systems and PHP versions.


Return Values

Returns the number of available bytes as a float or FALSE on failure.


Examples

Example #1 disk_free_space() example

<?php// $df contains the number of bytes available on "/"$df = disk_free_space("/");// On Windows:$df_c = disk_free_space("C:");$df_d = disk_free_space("D:");?>

Notes

Note:

This function will not work on

remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

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