Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize
Date	2013-10-10 22:46 -0400
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On 10/10/2013 8:32 PM, Tobiah wrote:
> On 10/10/2013 3:07 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 10/10/2013 4:32 PM, Tobiah wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2013 02:49 PM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>>>> Tobiah wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I set upload_max_filesize, and post_max_size in my
>>>>> php.ini to very large values, and restarted apache.  I still can't
>>>>> upload
>>>>> files larger than about 1MB.  They just silently fail.
>>>>> I check phpinfo() and both of the limits are listed
>>>>> as the small defaults (2M and 8M).  Why do the php.ini
>>>>> settings have no effect?  I Googled and found at least
>>>>> one person with the exact same complaint.
>>>>>
>>>>> PHP 5.3.10
>>>>
>>>> Have you checked that t his php.ini is actually in use?  See
>>>> phpinfo()'s
>>>> "Configuration File (php.ini) Path" and the following entries.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's a great idea, but it seems that I was editing the
>>> correct file:
>>>
>>> /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
>>>
>>> as reported by phpinfo()
>>>
>>> In that file, I've changed upload_max_filesize and post_max_size
>>> to 200M, also tried 200000000 but phpinfo still reports their
>>> values at 2M and 8M, and large uploads still fail.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tobiah
>>
>> In addition to restarting Apache as Dennis said, do you have the one or
>> both values defined anywhere else?  grep might help you here.  It might,
>> for instance, be in an Apache configuration file, a .htaccess file or
>> even a local php.ini file.
>
> Well, I haven't been too concerned about that, because this is just
> a straight Ubuntu install on my own machine.  Do you think it's possible
> that Ubuntu did something so horrible as to hide overrides to these
> configuration options somewhere other than the php.ini?  Also, I tried
> a .htaccess in the directory I'm running from, and it didn't work.
> Wouldn't that take precedence over the httpd.conf?  I'm not sure.
> Anywhere else I should look?
>

OK, let's start at the beginning.  You said you have a stock Ubuntu 
installation, so /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini would be the correct 
configuration file.  However, what about other configuration files being 
parsed?  They will be done after the php.ini file.  Any one of them 
could override it.

As to whether you can use .htaccess or not depends Apache options.  The 
default for Ubuntu is to not allow overrides from .htaccess, which is 
why it didn't work (see the AllowOverrides Apache command).

I installed Apache and PHP on a test Ubuntu system I have here, and made 
the following changes to the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini file

post_max_size=16M
upload_max_filesize=8M

and restarted Apache.  The changes were reflected in the phpinfo() page, 
so it does work.  Please check your changes again.  Exactly what did you 
enter in the file?

BTW, standard Ubuntu and Debian operation is to NOT change the default 
configuration files.  Rather, you add the parameters you want to a new 
file in a directory reserved for it - in this case, 
/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d.  That way when you update a package, your 
customized changes don't get lost.  Placing these same changes in 
/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zzzmyconfig.ini also worked.

> Thanks for your help,
>
> Tobiah
>
>> P.S. Don't concern yourself with T.L.  It isn't his ears that are
>> pointed.
>
> Thanks for that.  Why is he so abrasive?
>
> Tobiah
>
>

That's just "Pointed Head".  He has his own rules for usenet, and thinks 
the rest of the world should follow them.

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Thread

Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-09 14:27 -0700
  Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-10-09 23:49 +0200
    Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-10 13:32 -0700
      Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-10 23:01 +0200
      Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 21:26 +0000
        Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-10 17:28 -0700
          Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 15:18 +0000
            Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-11 10:05 -0700
            Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-11 19:23 +0200
              Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 00:27 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-12 02:45 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 04:32 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-11 22:47 -0400
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 05:19 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-12 07:00 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 09:15 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-12 19:51 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-10-12 10:08 -0400
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-12 10:12 -0400
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-11 21:48 -0400
      Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-10 18:07 -0400
        Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-10 17:32 -0700
          Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-10 22:46 -0400
            Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-11 10:16 -0700
              Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-11 19:28 +0200
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-11 10:36 -0700
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-11 22:01 +0200
              Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-11 13:29 -0400
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-11 10:34 -0700
                Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-10-11 14:20 -0400
  Re: Can't change upload_max_filesize Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-10-11 16:21 -0400

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