Changing upload_max_filesize on PHP

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Ross picture Ross · Jul 14, 2009 · Viewed 277.3k times · Source

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:

<?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.

Answer

karim79 picture karim79 · Jul 14, 2009

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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