Uploads, settings, alternatives

Anon

In PHP 4.0.4, I faithfully set upload_max_filesize to 100M to handle large file uploads from clients per instructions in the manual. However, I could not get a 13M file to upload. Then I noticed a note from someone about post_max_size needing to be set to a similar value as of PHP4.

Increasing the post_max_size from the default 8M to 16M allowed the 13M file to be uploaded. So I guess that means to allow a 100M upload post_max_size would have to be 100M.

OK, but what about memory_limit? Does memory_limit have to be at least as high as post_max_size??

Is there better way to offer clients uploads to the server from their local machines that doesn't suck up one byte of memory on the server for every byte being uploaded and can be invoked from

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If you are tranfserring files of tens of megabytes, you might want to look at a "normal" way of transferring files, like FTP (remember FTP? 🙂 )

Anon

Hey,
We handle fileuploads upto 600MB approx of a CD size. You need not have to set post_max_size, atleast i have never had the reason to do it. The steps are simple :

On the uploading page, make the timeout(use set_time_limit()) large just incase to avoid any problems with the page time outs.
This is a redundant one, but still, you form need to be set to
<form method="post" enctyp='multipart/form-data">
Before the file field, set a hidden field.
<input type=hidden name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" VALUE="<file_size_not_greater_than_the_ini>">
On the receiving script page set the timeout to avoid timing out of the receiving script.

Now you should be all set to upload higher capacity files.

Good Luck

Anon

Thanks for the info. I had all the settings as you mentioned in your note BEFORE resorting to manipulating post_max_size. I did a lot of testing and found that the default 8M setting of post_max_size had a direct impact on the size of file that could be uploaded when using the Netscape/MS browser "POST" method.

You say you are handling CD size uploads. Is this on PHP3 or PHP4 and if PHP4 which release? The person from whose posting I garnered the post_max_size tip noted that post_max_size was not an issue under PHP3.

I appreciate your additional comments.

Scott