Get file size before uploading

Is there any way to find out the file size before uploading the file using AJAX / PHP in change event of input file?

Solution 1:

For the HTML bellow

<input type="file" id="myFile" />

try the following:

//binds to onchange event of your input field
$('#myFile').bind('change', function() {

  //this.files[0].size gets the size of your file.
  alert(this.files[0].size);

});

See following thread:

How to check file input size with jQuery?

Solution 2:

Here's a simple example of getting the size of a file before uploading. It's using jQuery to detect whenever the contents are added or changed, but you can still get files[0].size without using jQuery.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#openFile').on('change', function(evt) {
    console.log(this.files[0].size);
  });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form action="upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" id="uploadform">
  <input id="openFile" name="img" type="file" />
</form>

Here's a more complete example, some proof of concept code to Drag and Drop files into FormData and upload via POST to a server. It includes a simple check for file size.

Solution 3:

<script type="text/javascript">
function AlertFilesize(){
    if(window.ActiveXObject){
        var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
        var filepath = document.getElementById('fileInput').value;
        var thefile = fso.getFile(filepath);
        var sizeinbytes = thefile.size;
    }else{
        var sizeinbytes = document.getElementById('fileInput').files[0].size;
    }

    var fSExt = new Array('Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB');
    fSize = sizeinbytes; i=0;while(fSize>900){fSize/=1024;i++;}

    alert((Math.round(fSize*100)/100)+' '+fSExt[i]);
}
</script>

<input id="fileInput" type="file" onchange="AlertFilesize();" />

Work on IE and FF

Solution 4:

I had the same problem and seems like we haven't had an accurate solution. Hope this can help other people.

After take time exploring around, I finally found the answer. This is my code to get file attach with jQuery:

var attach_id = "id_of_attachment_file";
var size = $('#'+attach_id)[0].files[0].size;
alert(size);

This is just the example code for getting the file size. If you want do other stuffs, feel free to change the code to satisfy your needs.

Solution 5:

Best solution working on all browsers ;)

function GetFileSize(fileid) {
    try {
        var fileSize = 0;
        // for IE
        if(checkIE()) { //we could use this $.browser.msie but since it's deprecated, we'll use this function
            // before making an object of ActiveXObject, 
            // please make sure ActiveX is enabled in your IE browser
            var objFSO = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
            var filePath = $("#" + fileid)[0].value;
            var objFile = objFSO.getFile(filePath);
            var fileSize = objFile.size; //size in b
            fileSize = fileSize / 1048576; //size in mb 
        }
        // for FF, Safari, Opeara and Others
        else {
            fileSize = $("#" + fileid)[0].files[0].size //size in b
            fileSize = fileSize / 1048576; //size in mb 
        }
        alert("Uploaded File Size is" + fileSize + "MB");
    }
    catch (e) {
        alert("Error is :" + e);
    }
}

from http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/jquery/HHLN180712-Get-file-size-before-upload-using-jquery.html

UPDATE : We'll use this function to check if it's IE browser or not

function checkIE() {
    var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
    var msie = ua.indexOf("MSIE ");

    if (msie > 0 || !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv\:11\./)){  
        // If Internet Explorer, return version number
        alert(parseInt(ua.substring(msie + 5, ua.indexOf(".", msie))));
    } else {
        // If another browser, return 0
        alert('otherbrowser');
    }

    return false;
}