[CODE4LIB] Very large file uploads, PHP or possibly Perl
I have always depended on the kindness of strange PHP gurus. I am trying to rewrite a perpetually buggy system for uploading large PDF files (up to multiple tens of megabytes) via a web form. File uploads are very simple in PHP, but there's a default maximum file size of 2MB. Following various online hints I've found, I've gone into php.ini and goosed up the memory_limit, post_max_size, and upload_max_size (and restarted Apache), and added an appropriate hidden form input named MAX_FILE_SIZE. The 2MB limit is still in place. Is there something I overlooked? Or, any other suggestions for how to take in a very large file? [My current Perl version has a history of getting incomplete files in a non-negligible percentage of uploads. Weirdness ensues: whenever this happens, the file reliably cuts off at the same point, but the cutoff is not a fixed number of bytes, nor is it related to the size of the file.] -- Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Very large file uploads, PHP or possibly Perl
I haven't needed to upload such large files, but I wonder if using the ftp functions in php would bypass this problem: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.ftp.php Andrew On 2/9/07, Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have always depended on the kindness of strange PHP gurus. I am trying to rewrite a perpetually buggy system for uploading large PDF files (up to multiple tens of megabytes) via a web form. File uploads are very simple in PHP, but there's a default maximum file size of 2MB. Following various online hints I've found, I've gone into php.ini and goosed up the memory_limit, post_max_size, and upload_max_size (and restarted Apache), and added an appropriate hidden form input named MAX_FILE_SIZE. The 2MB limit is still in place. Is there something I overlooked? Or, any other suggestions for how to take in a very large file? [My current Perl version has a history of getting incomplete files in a non-negligible percentage of uploads. Weirdness ensues: whenever this happens, the file reliably cuts off at the same point, but the cutoff is not a fixed number of bytes, nor is it related to the size of the file.] -- Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Darby Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library http://www.ithaca.edu/library/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Very large file uploads, PHP or possibly Perl
I have done large file uploads in PHP. Make sure you have the following set in php.ini: upload_max_filesize = some large size followed by M for megabyte or G for gigabyte file_uploads = on post_max_size = some large size Also, you can set these values through the set_ini function in PHP so that it can be per script instead of effective for every script which can allow for a more granular level of control for security reasons, etc. I have never used the form input value, nor should you have to change the memory_limit very much since the file itself is not loaded into memory, just information regarding the file. Andrew Thomas Dowling wrote: I have always depended on the kindness of strange PHP gurus. I am trying to rewrite a perpetually buggy system for uploading large PDF files (up to multiple tens of megabytes) via a web form. File uploads are very simple in PHP, but there's a default maximum file size of 2MB. Following various online hints I've found, I've gone into php.ini and goosed up the memory_limit, post_max_size, and upload_max_size (and restarted Apache), and added an appropriate hidden form input named MAX_FILE_SIZE. The 2MB limit is still in place. Is there something I overlooked? Or, any other suggestions for how to take in a very large file? [My current Perl version has a history of getting incomplete files in a non-negligible percentage of uploads. Weirdness ensues: whenever this happens, the file reliably cuts off at the same point, but the cutoff is not a fixed number of bytes, nor is it related to the size of the file.] -- Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Very large file uploads, PHP or possibly Perl
On 2/9/2007 11:50 AM, Jay Luker wrote: Pre-apologies if this suggestion is too duh, but have you confirmed that you updated the correct php.ini file? Bless you! This did the trick, and I can now upload really big files. And I defy anyone to find something too duh for me. :-) Yes indeed, as our long-suffering sysadmin has responded to my requests to rebuild PHP with various tweaks, he has created a series of .ini files with PHP version numbers built into their names. Thanks for reminding me that phpinfo would show this. -- Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
