File Size Limit

obrienkev

Hi all,

I want to upload a file to server folder. File size is 2.33MB

What should I set MAX Size to?

At the moment I have...

<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="500000000">

But I still get error 1: File exceeded upload max filesize.

Why is this?

Thanks.

Kevin.

mrhappiness

phpinfo();

look for upload_max_filesize

what's the local value?

obrienkev

Hi,

Thanks for that suggestion. It says 2M so obviously my file is too big.

Can I change the 2M upload_max_filesize?

mrhappiness

obrienkev wrote:
Can I change the 2M upload_max_filesize?

if you are allowed to edit the php.ini file mentioned by phpinfo...

bokehman

ini_set('upload_max_filesize', $value);

mrhappiness

won't help as the script itself is run after the upload is completed (and therefor after the file has been discarded due to it's size)

keitai

mrhappiness, what is the right way to use

 ini_set('upload_max_filesize', $value);

also found some htaccess thingies

1.
upload_max_filesize
php_value post_max_size 22M
php_value upload_max_filesize 10M

php_value max_execution_time 

2.
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value upload_max_filesize 50M
</IfModule>

Any tips on which one to use/try if you can't alter php.ini???

bokehman

The first just cannot work. The file upload is completed before the script starts so any rule changes provided by the script will only come into effect after the upload has been rejected. The PHP values can be changed in the virtual host so probably can also be changed using .htaccess but I am not certain.

mrhappiness

keitai wrote:
mrhappiness, what is the right way to use
 ini_set('upload_max_filesize', $value);  

according to http://de3.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list this entry is changeable PHP_INI_PERDIR

PP_INI_PERDIR:

Entry can be set in php.ini, .htaccess or httpd.conf

so using ini_set won't change anything at all

i'ld prefer

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M

but even that only works if the admin allowed you to change this setting via .htaccess

to clearify:
PHP_INI_PERDIR lists he available choices where you have to change something in order to raise the filesize
it does not mean that you can change it as the guys from php don't know how your hoster configured the server you're using

keitai

hmm going to try your suggestion

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M

Still got some questions

1 Which value for

php_value max_execution_time

is a good one.

2 when using .htaccess I am wondering if you can use it in a folder so not

/web/.htaccess
but
/web/folder/.htaccess

And in the case of

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M

would the .htaccess be in the folder where all the files are stored or where upload.php resists?