nextcloud/settings/ajax/setquota.php

<?php
/**
 * Copyright (c) 2012, Robin Appelman <icewind1991@gmail.com>
 * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.
 * See the COPYING-README file.
 */

// Init owncloud
require_once '../../lib/base.php';

OC_JSON::checkSubAdminUser();
OCP\JSON::callCheck();

$username = isset($_POST["username"])?$_POST["username"]:'';

if(($username == '' && !OC_Group::inGroup(OC_User::getUser(), 'admin')) || (!OC_Group::inGroup(OC_User::getUser(), 'admin') && !OC_SubAdmin::isUserAccessible(OC_User::getUser(), $username))) {
	$l = OC_L10N::get('core');
	OC_JSON::error(array( 'data' => array( 'message' => $l->t('Authentication error') )));
	exit();
}

//make sure the quota is in the expected format
$quota=$_POST["quota"];
if($quota!='none' and $quota!='default') {
	$quota= OC_Helper::computerFileSize($quota);
	if($quota==0) {
		$quota='default';
	}else{
		$quota=OC_Helper::humanFileSize($quota);
	}
}

// Return Success story
if($username) {
	OC_Preferences::setValue($username, 'files', 'quota', $quota);
}else{//set the default quota when no username is specified
	if($quota=='default') {//'default' as default quota makes no sense
		$quota='none';
	}
	OC_Appconfig::setValue('files', 'default_quota', $quota);
}
OC_JSON::success(array("data" => array( "username" => $username ,'quota' => $quota)));