Large file uploads failing quietly

[OsakaWebbie]

I have a form that includes <input name=audiofile type=file...>. In my action script, I check "if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['audiofile']['tmp_name']))" and then copy the file and set other things in my database. The files I want to upload range in size from about 1MB to 3MB. Under about 2MB, they upload fine, but over that (I don't know the exact cutoff - I haven't done a scientific study), the form submission still takes several seconds (so apparently the file is being sent), but when it gets to my action script, the is_uploaded_file check returns false. I do not have MAX_FILE_SIZE set (I expect someone would ask that) - I previously had it set to 3MB, but I removed it when I ran into this problem, just stabbing in the dark, but it appears to be unrelated. Is there some sort of timeout that I might be running into or something?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Instead of removing MAX_FILE_SIZE, try setting it to a higher number. It may well be that there is a default value if you specify none.

That aside, I'd ask in the forum for whatever system you're upload using / to (ActionScript == Flash back-end?)

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[OsakaWebbie]

I already tried raising MAX_FILE_SIZE to 4MB before I removed it altogether.

I'd ask in the forum for whatever system you're upload using / to

I don't know which system you mean. There is no flash involved. I am uploading MP3 files, and my code (PHP) simply copies them to a directory and updates my database so that I know there is an audio file there. The server is Apache, and this failure happens in both Firefox and IE. When I said "action script", I was simply referring to the PHP file that the form references in <form action=mycode.php>. I'll be happy to ask in the PHP forum, but I don't think it's a PHP language question, but more fundamental.

 

[trollacious]

PHP is what you're using to upload the files, not HTML. That's why BRPS hinted that you should ask your question in the forum for the server-side language you're using.

Lee

 

[OsakaWebbie]

I was confused by the words "upload using / to" and his parenthetical comment about flash - I thought I had confused him by my term "action script". Okay, I'll ask this in the PHP forum - thanks.