size limits on uploading files

jlibby

Hi Guys -

I'm writing a php script to upload files onto my server. My server seems to have a limit of 100KB for the maximum size a file can be.

So I wanted to take the temporary file, before uploading it, and reduce its size to under 100KB - but is it possible to perform this manipulation before uploading?

Thanks.

_theworks

you should read the Handling file uploads section in the manual

manual wrote:
Related Configurations Note: See also the file_uploads, upload_max_filesize, upload_tmp_dir, post_max_size and max_input_time directives in php.ini

jlibby

The manual says:

"you have full control over who is allowed to upload and what is to be done with the file once it has been uploaded"

So does this mean I don't have control over the file before it's uploaded?

Instead of just telling me to read the manual, which I have been doing for the last 10 hours, could someone please answer my question?

bpat1434

take the temporary file, before uploading it

Sounds like that's client-side to me... so PHP can't do that

"you have full control over who is allowed to upload and what is to be done with the file once it has been uploaded"
So does this mean I don't have control over the file before it's uploaded?

Yes, you'd be correct in saying that.

The max upload is around 2MB (general default value). Now, if you want to compress it after it's uploaded, you can use PHP functions to execute a command to compress the file; however, if your host won't allow anything over 100KB, you can't manipulate the file since files > 100KB will be rejected, no need to compress.

This sounds like a host issue, not really a PHP one. PHP can't do anything client-side (look to JavaScript to do that). If your host has an upload limit of 100KB, you really can't work around that (you can try with [man]ini_set/man; but it is no guarantee to work).