By iraszl on

I have a flexinode that has an attachment field and I would like to be able to upload files that are larger than 2MB, but I'm not able to.

I've searched the drupal.org for answers:

1. I've set the settings for upload in administration.

2. I edited the settings.php and added two lines:

ini_set('post_max_size', '20M');
ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '20M');

But it didn't help. What else shall I try?

Thanks!

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iraszl commented

I can upload a file of size 3.8MB, but not 17MB. I'm stumped.

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venkat-rk commented

Similar thread that might help you, although yours is a flexinode based attachement field:
http://drupal.org/node/19326

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iraszl commented

Thanks, I've seen that thread. I've tried what it suggests, but still no luck. I'm wondering if there is something very obvious that we are all missing...
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sami_k commented

Do you have access to php.ini on your server and if so dose it allow all directives to be changed via .htaccess?? What's the max file size in your php.ini?

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iraszl commented

I'll ask Dreamhost. Thanks!

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iraszl commented

They said being on a shared server I don't have access to php.ini and the maximum upload size is 7MB.

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venkat-rk commented

Strange limitation these guys have...

I am on a shared server too (at Pair Networks) and I can have my own copy of php.ini

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Netmonger commented

I managed to get >2M attachments working, but it may be specific to Gentoo Linux. I tried increasing numbers all over the Drupal webapp itself, to no avail. I then tried updating the 'settings.php' file. I then discovered multiple php.ini files on my system, and updated pre-existing values for both the 'upload_max_filesize' and 'post_max_size' parameters in all of them.

Specifically there was a '/etc/php/cli-php4/php.ini' that was the last one I changed, and it started to work after that. However, prior adjustments probably had an effect as well.

Is this something to do with seperate configs for PHP v5 vs. v4?

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William Mead commented

I use hostgator and they said that they would change php.ini to 5mb maximum. I asked why it has to be so low. They said it is because of load on the server. I don't really get this. I can use an ftp program to put or get a 300mb file if I want. How is that affecting the load on the server? Is there something about the way that PHP works that is inefficient? Anyone have an answer to this?

http://www.greasyfur.com/index.php