Uploading large files with PHP web forms

[Nilbus]

I had some trouble with trying to get my server to allow large uploads (100MB) from a web form, so here are some tips.

in your apache config file, add the section:

<Files *.php>
  SetOutputFilter PHP
  SetInputFilter PHP
  LimitRequestBody 104857600
</Files>

Then in your php.ini file edit the following lines so they look like this:

post_max_size = 100M
upload_max_filesize = 100M

These lines should already be there, so just edit them as needed.

Restart apache, and that should do it.

-Nilbus

 

[Chacalinc]

Great tip!

quite usefull, just 1 question, what version of Apache is supported? I guess PHP version is 4.x and above... is it correct?

Cheers.

 

[Nilbus]

I use apache 2.0.49 and PHP 4.3.6, but it should work on other versions too. Check the documentation if you want to know if it'll work for you =)

 

[Wullie]

Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure you are opening the chance of the browser timing out before the upload completes.

For the size of files you are uploading, you should be using a method more suitable for the task such as FTP.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[Nilbus]

Hmm, you're right. The default timeout is ten minutes. To upload 100mb in 10 min, you need an upload speed of about 167k/s. I'll look into that.