//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);
});
You can use PHP filesize function. During upload using ajax, please check the filesize first by making a request an ajax request to php script that checks the filesize and return the value.
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);
}
}
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;
}
ucefkh's solution worked best, but because $.browser was deprecated in jQuery 1.91, had to change to use navigator.userAgent:
function IsFileSizeOk(fileid) {
try {
var fileSize = 0;
//for IE
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/msie/i)) {
//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
}
return (fileSize < 2.0);
}
catch (e) {
alert("Error is :" + e);
}
}
Personally, I would say Web World's answer is the best today, given HTML standards. If you need to support IE < 10, you will need to use some form of ActiveX. I would avoid the recommendations that involve coding against Scripting.FileSystemObject, or instantiating ActiveX directly.
In this case, I have had success using 3rd party JS libraries such as plupload which can be configured to use HTML5 apis or Flash/Silverlight controls to backfill browsers that don't support those. Plupload has a client side API for checking file size that works in IE < 10.
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.
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.
Browsers with HTML5 support has files property for input type.
This will of course not work in older IE versions.
var inpFiles = document.getElementById('#fileID');
for (var i = 0; i < inpFiles.files.length; ++i) {
var size = inpFiles.files.item(i).size;
alert("File Size : " + size);
}
Please do not use ActiveX as chances are that it will display a scary warning message in Internet Explorer and scare your users away.
If anyone wants to implement this check, they should only rely on the FileList object available in modern browsers and rely on server side checks only for older browsers (progressive enhancement).