How do I increase my PHP upload limit?

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 16:42

I need to upload large files via my forums, but I remember that by default there is a 2mb limit on PHP uploads.

Anyone know where I change this?

RobH · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:03

I think it's in the PHP.ini but you need to have access to it which you might not if it's not your own server. If you have no way to override it and have perl installed then you could write a simple perl script that does the upload action because the default limit on perl is 32MB.

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:06

And where might that be?

RobH · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:08

seek said:
And where might that be?

Depends on what OS your server is running.

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:12

linux / cpx

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:36

I'm sure there is a way to do it by htaccess or something.

marc2003 · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:57

Code:

php_value upload_max_filesize "8M"

that's the code for .htaccess - try it and see. not all hosts support it. you might need to play with "post_max_size" if you want more than 8mb.

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 18:13

Yeah I need at least 300mb. I vaguely remember it having something to do with post_max_size. I guess I'll just ask my host.

Beansprout · 15 Feb 2008 at 18:15

300Mb almost certainly won't work...there are various other timeouts which would need fiddling with - just use FTP

Van Hellseek · 15 Feb 2008 at 18:44

So how big can I go before problems?