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
Pre-apologies if this suggestion is too "duh", but have you confirmed that you updated the correct php.ini file? One way to check is to create a temporary, web-accessible file (phpinfo.php) with the contents: Load that in your browser and check that the path of the php.ini file apache is using matches the file you've updated. I haven't touched php since v4.x, so there may be an easier way to confirm this nowadays. Also, you should be sure to delete that phpinfo.php file when you're done so you're not unnecessarily publishing your server details. --jay 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]
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 = file_uploads = on post_max_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]
