Changing upload max filesize on PHP

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I m using PHP 5 3 0 and have encountered something that might be a bug  in which case I ll report it  or might be me - so I m asking to make sure   When running this code    lt  php ini set  upload max filesize    10M    echo ini get  upload max filesize           ini get  post max size     I end up with   2M  8M   This is despite my php ini setting these higher   upload max filesize   10M post max size   10M    occuring only once   Because the error occurs after setting the value as well as it being set in php ini I m inclined to think it s a bug  Can anyone confirm or point me where I m going wrong   Update  Looks like restarting Apache fixed this - I always thought it didn t need to be restarted if you changed php ini

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Since I just ran in to this problem on a shared host and was unable to add the values to my .htaccess file I thought I'd share my solution.

I made an ini file with the values in it. Simple as that:

Make a file called ".user.ini" and add your values

upload_max_filesize = 150M
post_max_size = 150M

Boom, problem solved.

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By default  PHP permits uploading maximum 2 MB file on the server  But you can modify the maximum size of file upload as per your condition  By using the PHP configuration file php ini  you can increase or decrease the file upload size in PHP  First open the php ini file in your text editor  Search the upload max filesize variable and stipulate the size which you want to increase  Search for post max size variable and stipulate the size which you want to increase  post max size   128M  you can check this from here

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This solution can be applied only if the issue is on a WordPress installation    If you don t have FTP access or too lazy to edit files   You can use Increase Maximum Upload File Size plugin to increase the maximum upload file size

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I ve faced the same problem   but I found out that not all the configuration settings could be set using ini set   function   check this  Where a configuration setting may be set

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This can also be controlled with the apache configuration  Check the httpd conf and or  htaccess for something like the following   php value upload max filesize 10M

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Are you using a shared hosting provider  It could be master settings overriding anything you re trying to change  Have you tried adding those into your  htaccess   php value upload max filesize 10M php value post max size 10M

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If you are running in a local server  such as wamp or xampp  make sure it s using the php ini you think it is   These servers usually default to a php ini that s not in your html docs folder

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You can t use shorthand notation to set configuration values outside of PHP ini  I assume it s falling back to 2MB as the compiled default when confronted with a bad value   On the other hand  I don t think upload max filesize could be set using ini set    The  official  list states that it is PHP INI PERDIR

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You can use also in the php file like this   lt  php ini set  upload max filesize    200M      gt

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if you use ini set on the fly then you will find here http   php net manual en ini core php the information that e g  upload max filesize and post max size is not changeable on the fly  PHP INI PERDIR    Only a php ini   htaccess or vhost config change seems to change these variables

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I got this to work using a  user ini file in the same directory as my index php script that loads my app  Here are the contents   upload max filesize    20M  post max size    25M    This is the recommended solution for Heroku

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