php copy function size problems

conspi

I've set up a script to upload files.

In the html page i've inserteed the following code :

The problem i have is that the script works fine with files which size is lower than 2mo and crashes with bigger files.

Does anyone have an idea of where it could come from ?

Thansk in advance

Conspi

bobthedog

Yup -

in the PHP ini file the maximum file upload size is set generally at 2 megs. If you have access to the php ini file then you can look at changing this - if not, then im afraid your stuck with the limit.

As far as I can tell, this is a security system to stop people absuing the server and uploading enourmous files. I would only up this limit if you really really want to upload big files using a rubbish protocol (http) which is slow and painful!

conspi

Thanks for your reply.
I'm going to see what i can do with php.ini

I know http is far the worst protocol to send big files, but this is done for my company whose clients are most of the times dumb and don't manage to access our ftp server, so they are happy with http 🙁

Thanks again

Conspi

gRF

I have similar problem, with upload_max_filesize...

I am on shared hosting plan, and need to increase upload_max_filesize , but not to affect other users on the server.

How this could be done?

richardA

You also can combine your function with ftp-upload. In your script you send the data via post. Then you have to write a following script to handle this data with ftp-functions. Then you can upload data as big as you want. Please contact me if you need more infos. (altric@web.de)

bobthedog

Errr - ok.. desribe it...

convince me, cos I aint convinced at the moment

richardA

Ok. See this:

Script1:

...
<form name="uploadform" action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="sourcefile" size="16">
</form>
...

Script2 (upload.php):

...
$ftp_connector = ftp_connect("www.your-domain.tld");
if($ftp_connector) {
if(ftp_login($ftp_connector, "user", "password")) {

you need a user and a password to connect via ftp

echo "ftp-login OK! <br>";
set_time_limit(0);
$destinationfile = ".../.../".$newfilename;
$uploading = ftp_put($ftp_connector, "$destinationfile", "$sourcefile", FTP_BINARY);
if(!$uploading) {
echo "upload-error";
}
} else {
echo "connection-error";
}
ftp_quit($ftp_connector);
echo "<p>Stream closed!";
} else {
echo "transfer-error";
}
...

Is it helpfull?