Max Upload Limit Work-Arounds

[soj]

I've got an pdf article of a size exceeding shared server php upload limits. At this point we cannot afford a dedicated server, so I'm looking for a work-around. I can of course FTP the file.

I'm thinking I could upload a smaller dummy file via the system and then replace the file via FTP in the FILES directory. More work, but would this work okay? It looks like I will need to temprorarily change the permissions for the FILES directory in config.php in order to apply this workaround.

Also, has anyone used PERL as a workaround? Please See:

http://www.raditha.com/megaupload/upload.php

soj

[asmecher]

Hi all,

There are several places to check if you're having problems uploading large files:

• Web server configuration (i.e. Apache or IIS)
• PHP configuration (php.ini)
• Occasionally, another system like a firewall will step in and cause trouble.

Apache 2.x, for example, has a LimitRequestBody directive that will prevent large file uploads. Note that file uploads are encoded, and are only part of the request that the web server receives, so a LimitRequestBody of 8 megs won't necessarily allow a file upload of 8 megs. You may be able to override these settings on a shared environment with an appropriate .htaccess directive.

There are several file upload limits in your PHP configuration file, php.ini:

• max_post_size: This is analagous to the LimitRequestBody directive described above, but checked in PHP rather than in the web server code.
• file_uploads: This is where file uploads are enabled or disabled.
• upload_max_filesize: This is where you can define the maximum upload file size.

Likewise, it may be possible to override these settings with a .htaccess file; for example:

Code: Select all

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M

This will depend on your web server's security settings for .htaccess files; you can verify whether or not these work by generating a phpinfo output.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team