See
http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/.
var fi = document.getElementById('fileInput');
alert(fi.files[0].size);
*****
Complete example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3717793/javascript-file-upload-size-validation
Be sure to always perform a server side check as well. The client side check is more
of a convenience function for the user rather than letting them upload a 5 mb file only
to then be notified by the server that it is too large.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
<title>Show File Data</title>
<style type='text/css'>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function showFileSize() {
var input, file;
// (Can't use `typeof FileReader === "function"` because apparently
// it comes back as "object" on some browsers. So just see if it's there
// at all.)
if (!window.FileReader) {
bodyAppend("p", "The file API isn't supported on this browser yet.");
return;
}
input = document.getElementById('fileinput');
if (!input) {
bodyAppend("p", "Um, couldn't find the fileinput element.");
}
else if (!input.files) {
bodyAppend("p", "This browser doesn't seem to support the `files` property of file inputs.");
}
else if (!input.files[0]) {
bodyAppend("p", "Please select a file before clicking 'Load'");
}
else {
file = input.files[0];
bodyAppend("p", "File " + file.name + " is " + file.size + " bytes in size");
}
}
function bodyAppend(tagName, innerHTML) {
var elm;
elm = document.createElement(tagName);
elm.innerHTML = innerHTML;
document.body.appendChild(elm);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action='#' onsubmit="return false;">
<input type='file' id='fileinput'>
<input type='button' id='btnLoad' value='Load' onclick='showFileSize();'>
</form>
</body>
</html>
