Are there any specific PHP functions or methods that can help with reading directory sizes from remote servers?

When reading directory sizes from remote servers in PHP, you can use functions like `ssh2_exec()` to execute commands on the remote server and retrieve the directory size information. By using SSH, you can securely connect to the remote server and run commands like `du -sh /path/to/directory` to get the size of a specific directory.

<?php

$connection = ssh2_connect('remote.server.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');

$stream = ssh2_exec($connection, 'du -sh /path/to/directory');
stream_set_blocking($stream, true);
$data = stream_get_contents($stream);

echo "Directory size: " . $data;

?>