How can I get file size values?

Without Triggering Download

[Willis]

Is it possible with PHP to request the size of a file?

Say I had located somewhere on a server "file.zip". Ok sure I could always hardcode the size of that file, but how can I without actually triggering a download determain the size of that file?

[crypto]

use the function -> filesize(string filename)

[mincklerstraat]

If it's not on your own server, and you don't have php5, this isn't likely to work (notice the 'url wrapper' note in the manual page - this usually refers to url's of 'remote' files, i.e. files not on your own server). There's a user-contributed note, though, on using curl to do this:
[be2.php.net...]

[Adrian2k4]

the ftp functions might also work.
have a look at ftp_size:
[ch2.php.net...]

[Willis]

thanks crypto, thats percicely what I was looking for.