Get File Size From Remote File With PHP

To get the file size of local files in PHP, we can use the filesize () (http://php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php), the function will produce the size of the requested file in bytes size. Unfortunately, these functions can not be used on remote files, or files which are beyond our servers. There are several ways you can use to read the file size of remote files using basic functions exist in PHP.