get file size from a url possibly have redirects

Question

I have tried many things including this but i can't figure out why i'm not getting it's file size.

echo remotefileSize("http://iristech.co/download/277/");

function remotefileSize($url) 
{
    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3);
    curl_exec($ch);
    $filesize = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD);
    curl_close($ch);
    if ($filesize) return $filesize;
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2602612/php-remote-file-size-without-downloading-file — Martin Heralecký, Oct 15 '15 at 12:39
What about using that function I've sent in previous comment? It has 56 up-votes so I guess it should work fine. — Martin Heralecký, Oct 15 '15 at 12:49
Yeah i have tried it, its returning -1, you can also try it with the url i have mentioned in question. — m.qayyum, Oct 15 '15 at 12:50
Ok, but did you check -why- it is returning "-1"? Is the status not 200? Is $data empty? ... — Jordumus, Oct 15 '15 at 13:29
it works on localhost but not on godaddy(i'm already regretting) — m.qayyum, Oct 15 '15 at 17:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '16 at 15:57

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I'm the creator of Iris. The software from the link you use. It doesn't work, because this is not a link to a file. It's link to a script, which links to a file. Try with different file or upload the file on your hosting :)

answered Apr 02 '16 at 15:57

Daniel Georgiev

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get file size from a url possibly have redirects

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