WireNumberTools::strToBytes()

Given a value like "1M", "2MB", "3 kB", "4 GB", "5tb" etc. return quantity of bytes

Spaces, commas and case in given value do not matter. Only the first character of the unit is taken into account, whether it appears in the given value, or is given in the $unit argument. Meaning a unit like megabytes (for example) can be specified as 'm', 'mb', 'megabytes', etc.

Available since version 3.0.214.

Usage

// basic usage
$int = $wireNumberTools->strToBytes($value);

// usage with all arguments
$int = $wireNumberTools->strToBytes($value, $unit = null);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
$valuestring int float
$unit (optional)string null

Optional unit that given value is in (b, kb, mb, gb, tb), or omit to auto-detect

Return value

int


WireNumberTools methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.252