[PHP] File Upload size limit

2002-08-13 Thread Oliver Schönrock

Sorry for bringing up an old problem, (there seem to be many articles in 
the archives already) but I couldn't find the solution there so here is my 
version of the problem  ;-)

I am running php 4.2.2 on a virtual host, so I have no access to php.ini. 
But I can use the apache directives in .htaccess which has worked well for 
me so far. So i have the following directives in the .htaccess in the 
directory where the relevant upload script is located:

php_value memory_limit 34M
php_value post_max_size 33M
php_value upload_max_filesize 32M
php_value max_execution_time 600

So I have memory_limit  post_max_size  upload_max_filesize

experimentation shows that uploads greater than 8M bomb out. So I check 
phpinfo() and guess what? It reports post_max_size = 8M. The other 3 config 
settings have been changed correctly from their master (default) values. 
but for some reason the post_max_size 33M has been ignored.

I know that some priviledges are required to be able to change these 
settings via .htaccess (namely AllowOverride Options or AllowOverride 
All privileges) but i thought that these applied to all the settings. So 
since I can change the first three why not the last one?

Can my host stop me from changing a single config? If so how, and what do 
they need to change so I can get post_max_size = 33M?

Or have i missed something really really stupid?

Thanks very much in advance


Oliver


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Re: [PHP] File Upload size limit

2002-08-13 Thread Oliver Schönrock

Thanks for quick response. Just a couple of silly questions:

- changed where? in php or apache? My host is running the three week old 
v 4.2.2 of php so I guess you mean apache?

- If I can in fact get them to change it in http.conf for my virtual host 
block then I will have these huge (!) settings for my whole site rather 
than just the necessary scripts. Is there any downside to this (other than 
misbehaved scripts being really misbehaved)?

Cheers

Oliver

--On 13 August 2002 14:21 -0700 Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 post_max_size and upload_max_filesize could not be set in your .htaccess
 file until recently.  It was changed about 3 weeks ago, so unless your
 provider is running a recent snapshot, you won't be able to get this to
 work.

 Ask your provider to add those lines to your virtualhost block in the
 httpd.conf file.

 -Rasmus

 On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Oliver Schönrock wrote:

 Sorry for bringing up an old problem, (there seem to be many articles in
 the archives already) but I couldn't find the solution there so here is
 my version of the problem  ;-)

 I am running php 4.2.2 on a virtual host, so I have no access to php.ini.
 But I can use the apache directives in .htaccess which has worked well
 for me so far. So i have the following directives in the .htaccess in the
 directory where the relevant upload script is located:

 php_value memory_limit 34M
 php_value post_max_size 33M
 php_value upload_max_filesize 32M
 php_value max_execution_time 600

 So I have memory_limit  post_max_size  upload_max_filesize

 experimentation shows that uploads greater than 8M bomb out. So I check
 phpinfo() and guess what? It reports post_max_size = 8M. The other 3
 config settings have been changed correctly from their master (default)
 values. but for some reason the post_max_size 33M has been ignored.

 I know that some priviledges are required to be able to change these
 settings via .htaccess (namely AllowOverride Options or AllowOverride
 All privileges) but i thought that these applied to all the settings. So
 since I can change the first three why not the last one?

 Can my host stop me from changing a single config? If so how, and what do
 they need to change so I can get post_max_size = 33M?

 Or have i missed something really really stupid?

 Thanks very much in advance


 Oliver


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Re: [PHP] File Upload size limit

2002-08-13 Thread Oliver Schönrock

 No, I mean PHP.  The 4.2.2 release was a security fix for 4.2.1 only.
 None of the changes for the past couple of months, including this one, is
 in it.

OK, but you said originally

 post_max_size and upload_max_filesize could not be set in your .htaccess
 file until recently.  It was changed about 3 weeks ago, so unless your
 provider is running a recent snapshot, you won't be able to get this to
 work.

and upload_max_file_size IS being changed by my .htaccess settings...(only 
post_max_size is not working)?! confused..! 8-)

 Yes, you will have them for your whole site.  If you want to limit them to
 a certain directory or a certain file, tell them to put the settings
 inside appropriate Directory or Location blocks.

OK, got it.


- Oliver



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