[Resolved] URGENT: FILE Upload Problem

[Brown]

I'm in desperate need of help:

When trying to upload files to a server, I am ablt to upload files of 100KB, for example, but when i try uploading 3MB file, it fails.

It seems as though the $_Files['theFile']['tmp_name'] parameter returns empty when he file size is big

Any ideas why?

The max_file_size and max_post_size are set to %)MB, so i don't think that is the problem.

Here is what is returned:

FILE: Array ( [theFile] => Array ( [name] => depp.mp3 [type] => audio/mp3 [tmp_name] => [error] => 1 [size] => 0 ) )

on php.net, error 1 means that the file exceeds the max_file_size allowed.. but as i said before that cannot be.

I am totally confused and screwed :-) The client is up my #%%^!

HELP PLEASE

BROWN

[sysera]

Assuming this is a UNIX server..

Try creating a text file in the directory where the script lives called ".htaccess". Add this line to the file.

"php_value upload_max_filesize 50M" minus the quotes.

Then try your upload again.

-Sys

[Brown]

Hey,

Thank you for u're reply...

I have not tried your suggestion, BU TTHE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED

Here's how:

The client was on a shared server. So, although the max_file_upload was set to 50MB, the hositing company was only allotting 2MB for files uploaded via php.

I called the hosting company and aked them to bump up the # of MB allowed on files uploaded via php, and now everything works fine :-)

The only thing is, the client was hoping to have a limit of 1GB, and the hosting compnay only pumped the # up to 50MB..

Oh well... ;-)

Brown

[sysera]

My solution will do the same thing as bumping the 2MB file upload via php.ini, except you can do it on a per directory basis, without the need to ask your host to modify. This is why I do that as well. Glad you got it working.

-Sys