I am accessing a PHP server using REST: all data is passed in a GET request as URL parameters. One of the parameters arrives at the server in the query_string, but it is not in the _GET global. But shortening the parameter (the cutoff seems to be around 512 characters) lets it through.
Assuming I have diagnosed the problem correctly, is there a way to change this maximum size? I have not found any explanation in the documentation, not even a mention of this limit. This is on Debian squeeze / Apache 2.2.16 / PHP 5.3.3.
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Ok, it seems that some versions of PHP have a limitation of length of GET params:
Please note that PHP setups with the suhosin patch installed will have a default limit of 512 characters for get parameters. Although bad practice, most browsers (including IE) supports URLs up to around 2000 characters, while Apache has a default of 8000.
To add support for long parameters with suhosin, add
suhosin.get.max_value_length = <limit>inphp.ini
Source: http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php#101469
See What is the maximum length of a URL in different browsers?
The length of the url can't be changed in PHP. The linked question is about the URL size limit, you will find what you want.
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