protected function toBytes($val)
{
$val = trim($val);
$last = strtolower($val[strlen($val) - 1]);
switch ($last) {
// The 'G' modifier is available since PHP 5.1.0
case 'g':
$val *= 1024;
case 'm':
$val *= 1024;
case 'k':
$val *= 1024;
}
return $val;
}