PHP upload limit

[dev99]

Hi
I have a file upload script. Now the script works fine and the file upload limit in php.ini is set to 100mb. But i just tried to upload a 30 meg file, and it didnt upload. Is there any restriction in cpanel/whm stopping me from doing this.

 

[Virgil]

AFAIK, the limit has to be modified in two files; last time I did that personally on a cPanel server, I had to do it in two different places. I'll ask the tech that usually does that for me as soon as he gets back online.

 

[dev99]

Thanks for the reply, i have read somewhere it has to be modified in two different places, but i cant remember where that it.

 

[Kate]

100 Mb is rather huge unless the upload takes place on a LAN (intranet). The script may time out after a certain number of minutes. You can get round this with set_time_limit - if your host allows.

 

[Constantin]

php.ini and httpd.conf

 

[stscac]

Watch out for server timeouts. You can set a certain timelimit (in milliseconds) for page timeout.

-Steve

 

[dev99]

thanks everyone for the replies
Where would you set this script timeout limit, also, which httpd.conf do i edit, as i said, im on cpanel.

 

[Peter]

in all honesty you would be far better off to get the uploads via ftp then use php to process the uploaded file.

HTTP was never meant for such large transfers.

 

[dev99]

Well its quite a small site, i am really looking for a simple solution, which is why i bought the script.

Does anyone know how to modify the time limit.

 

[Constantin]

- which httpd.conf do i edit

usually httpd.conf on a CPanel system is located in /usr/local/apache/conf/
Don't forget to restart Apache after you modify httpd.conf (service httpd restart).

- how to modify the time limit.

in httpd.conf search for something like this:

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

 

[dev99]

Thanks, is there any upload limit to change in httpd.conf.

 

[Constantin]

No upload limit in httpd.conf.

In php.ini you need to look to these variables:

max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds
post_max_size =  55M ; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.