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Scripts: PHP: Used Space

This script will output the amount space which is being used by your site. It may not work on servers where PHP is running in safe mode.

<?php

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# Neither http://www.4webhelp.net/ nor its members accept any             #
# responsibility, either expressed or implied, for any damage caused by   #
# using this script or the misuse of this script.                         #
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#                          INSTRUCTIONS                                   #
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# 1) Copy this code to an editor such as Notepad and save it with a       #
# .php  extension.                                                        #
# 2) FTP this file to a folder on your site in ASCII mode                 #
# 3) Replace $home_dir with the path to your home directory - ask in our  #
# forums if you don't know what it is.                                    #
# 4) Call up this file in your web browser to see your used space         #
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// Please replace this with the path to your home directory

$home_dir='/path/to/your/home/directory/';

// This actually runs the command required to find out how much space is being used
exec('du -s '.$home_dir, $output);
$space = split(" ", $output[0]);

// This converts the number into megabytes and outputs it
$space = $space[0] / 2048;
print ('Space currently being used in '.$home_dir.': <b>'.$space.' Mb</b>');
?> <p>This script courtesy of <a href="http://www.4webhelp.net/">4WebHelp</a>.</p>
Latest comments
rosel
Thank you very interesting.
David Kittell
Slight changes can make this work better

Take a look at http://msdllp.com/code/php/directorysize.php
Gloria
It didn't work, and my safe mode is all good.
Ciaran
Very helpful thanks!

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