how to get a video's duration in both php and javascript?

Question

I want to get the duration of the video while user uploading the video. I dont want to put the video tag in html. I want the getting video duration code in both php and javascript or jquery. thank you

Answer 1

In HTML5 you can simply get a video's duration in Javascript with the duration function. For example:

document.getElementById("video").duration();

Do check if it has loaded already by using the following: (else you get an error)

document.getElementById("video").currentTime > 0;