host cannot change upload_max_filesize - CGI

[cretaceous]

I am having problems with php upload script when dealing with files over 2megs

this is because host is runing PHP as CGI and has set upload_max_filesize to 2M

I cant get a php ini or an htaccess to work - they appear correct but kill the site -
htaccess was two lines only and I've done plenty for other sites

host is, and I quote "unable to offer any technical support on third party scripts"

what I can't understand is why the host - a large UK operation offering a "business" package and running Linux, is not runing PHP as ISAPI module - laziness?

basically it looks like I will have to ask my client to move to a new webhost so need some technical comments !

[tried ftp upload with ftp_put before i realised it was CGI host - same problem]

any other easy fixes?
A Flash uploader looks like a lot of work unless there are some free ones around

[big_nerd]

cretaceous,

My host offers CGI, but they also offer me to configure a php.ini within the cgi-bin folder.

I am unsure of if your host is similar.

If ini_set won't work (and it probably wont) you have limited options.

There are Java Applets which allow you to split into 2MB chunks, however there is also the MAX_POST_SIZE which is 8M by default.

In this case you can use a Java/Flash App that has FTP support, you can configure an FTP account, I am sure, with upload-only permissions.

Is this a shared host I presume? If so, what is the control panel, maybe we can look into what that version allows, or might allow dependent on your host.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

I've found upload via HTTP to be unreliable for larger files, even when all the settings are correct. The upload failed almost as often as it succeeded. I had an issue where files up to 3GB in size needed to be uploaded, which proved to be too much for HTTP. In the end, I used a free Java FTP client in the system. Be sure to look for a Java FTP client, and not a Java FTP server, as the two are quite different.