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Posted by Jason Wong on 01/06/05 22:08
On Friday 07 January 2005 01:46, Richard Lynch wrote:
Just so that the OP has something to look forward to ...
> Note, however, that the particular setting you are using,
> upload_max_filesize is one of the "oddball" settings that can *NOT* be
> over-ridden in .htaccess nor in your PHP script with ini_set (nor in the
> ancient mechanism of adding a special HIDDEN INPUT to your FORM (see the
> File Upload Feature) of the PHP manual.
>
> The reason in this case is political/business: An ISP/host who wants to
> avoid a DOS attack by monster files being uploaded most likely doesn't
> want their clients to *over-ride* their DOS protection. Thus, PHP simply
> doesn't allow you to over-ride the setting.
>
> You can see which settings are valid in which place (php.ini, httpd.conf,
> .htaccess, ini_set) in the PHP manual.
Both upload_max_filesize and post_max_size can be set in .htaccess (and
obviously php.ini)
> I'm also not sure that Apache/PHP can handle "20M" in httpd.conf
>
> I'm not real sure where/when the "20M" gets converted to 20000000 in the
> process.
>
> But if the PHP code that *reads* php.ini is doing the conversion, then
> putting "20M" in httpd.conf ain't gonna work.
>
> If the "20M" is interpreted at a later point in the process, then it
> should work in httpd.conf
Using "20M" in httpd.conf works just fine in httpd.conf.
> So perhaps the real trouble here is that you need 20000000 instead of 20M
> in httpd.conf
>
> Trying to change upload_max_filesize in .htaccess (or with ini_set) will
> be pointless.
No, they _can_ be set there. IIRC this wasn't always the case, so if you're
using a old version of PHP then this may not be allowed.
So basically what the OP was trying to do should work, but for some reason it
seems not to.
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