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. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ New Year Resolution: Ignore top posted posts -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
