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<?php
/**
* Return human readable sizes
*
* @author Aidan Lister <aidan@php.net>
* @version 1.3.0
* @link http://aidanlister.com/2004/04/human-readable-file-sizes/
* @param int $size size in bytes
* @param string $max maximum unit
* @param string $system 'si' for SI, 'bi' for binary prefixes
* @param string $retstring return string format
*/
function size_readable($size, $max = null, $system = 'si', $retstring = '%01.2f %s')
{
// Pick units
$systems['si']['prefix'] = array('B', 'K', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB');
$systems['si']['size'] = 1000;
$systems['bi']['prefix'] = array('B', 'KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB');
$systems['bi']['size'] = 1024;
$sys = isset($systems[$system]) ? $systems[$system] : $systems['si'];
// Max unit to display
$depth = count($sys['prefix']) - 1;
if ($max && false !== $d = array_search($max, $sys['prefix'])) {
$depth = $d;
}
// Loop
$i = 0;
while ($size >= $sys['size'] && $i < $depth) {
$size /= $sys['size'];
$i++;
}
return sprintf($retstring, $size, $sys['prefix'][$i]);
}
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