Max file upload size

[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
Hi guys,

I'm running into some problems with uploading large file through the upload class. If I select a small jpeg image everything works fine. But as soon as my file goes above 8MB it fails and returns "You did not select a file to upload."

Ok. So I checked my phpinfo and indeed te max file upload size is set to 8mb. However in the controller that contains my upload function, I've inserted an ini_set

Code:

ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '32M');
ini_set('max_execution_time', '600');

class Files extends Controller {

    // ..

    function upload_file() {
    
        // ..

        if(!$upload_erors = $this->general_model->upload_file($target_folder, $file, $allowed)) {                    
            $o['success'] = true;
            $o['message'] = $this->lang->line('file_uploaded');
        }
        else {
            $o['message'] = $upload_errors;
            $o['success'] = false;    
        }

        print json_encode($o);
    }

    // ..
}

And the code in my model is quite straightforward:

Code:

function upload_file($target_folder, $file, $allowed) {
                        
    $config['upload_path'] = $target_folder;
    $config['allowed_types'] = $allowed;
    $this->load->library('upload', $config);
    $this->upload->initialize($config);
        
    $this->upload->do_upload($file);
        
    return $this->upload->display_errors();

}

Any ideas on how to make my upload work with larger files as well?

Thanks in advance!

[eluser]Zeeshan Rasool[/eluser]
did you put a die and print the file name that is being uploaded? Is file name has value
Also print all variables one by one

Code:

function upload_file($target_folder, $file, $allowed) {
    // Like this
    echo $file;
    die();
    $config['upload_path'] = $target_folder;
    $config['allowed_types'] = $allowed;
    $this->load->library('upload', $config);
    $this->upload->initialize($config);
        
    $this->upload->do_upload($file);
        
    return $this->upload->display_errors();

}

[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
Yes .. if I print out $file, it prints the string 'file', which corresponds with the name of the upload field.

The $_FILES array however appears to be empty, when I do:

Code:

print_r($_FILES)

Guess, that's where the problem really lies.

Michiel

[eluser]bigtony[/eluser]
Deleted (didn't read OP properly - my bad).

[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
I have already checked that one. It's set to 8mb, like I described in my first post.

I don't really feel like changing the php.ini for all users/ all pages. Just for this specific controller, where I expect to receive files over 8mb. That's why I used the ini_set method.

Any reason why that wouldn't work?

Michiel

[eluser]Zeeshan Rasool[/eluser]
[quote author="mvdg27" date="1248366919"]Yes .. if I print out $file, it prints the string 'file', which corresponds with the name of the upload field.

The $_FILES array however appears to be empty, when I do:

Code:

print_r($_FILES)

Guess, that's where the problem really lies.

Michiel[/quote]

check like this .. what it prints? its should be some integer value for file size.
Also did it works with small size file? I mean did it create problem with only large size?

Code:

print_r($_FILES[$file]['size'];)

[eluser]coolgeek[/eluser]
I had a similar problem trying to reset session.gc_maxlifetime on a shared hosting environment. The solution was to maintain my own copy of php.ini

Here is how it's done on Dreamhost

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini#Custom...gle_domain

[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
Hi guys, here's an update:

In the end I managed to fix it by adjusting the max_post_size variable in my php.ini as well. Now it's working fine, except that I wasn't able to set these values through ini_set().

So for now problem solved ..

Cheers, Michiel

[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
Sorry .. duplicate message, not patient enough while submitting, I guess

[eluser]renownedmedia[/eluser]
Using ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '***') will not work because the upload is intercepted and ignored by Apache even before it hits PHP. An annoying thing for those of us using shared hosting without php.ini access!