Question

I have the following php script

<?php


  if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
    {
    echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
    }
  else
    {
    echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
    echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
    echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
    echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

    if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
      {
      echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
      }
    else
      {
      move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
      "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
      echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
      }
    }

?>

can anyone help allow it to upload pdf files larger than around 100 Kb?

I have checked with my hosting provider and everything is correct there, I have also checked phpinfo() which states that uploads to 8 Mb should be allowed

Can anyone help point me in the right direction to fix this, my hosting provider suggested I create a php.ini file, but want commands does it need to contain to allow uploading?

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Here is a small tips for you which you can use to upload such a large file using file field of the form and move_uploaded_file() function in PHP.

1) Create a .htaccess file in the root folder of web server.

2) Put the following code in side the .htaccess file and save it.

php_value upload_max_filesize 8M
php_value post_max_size 8M
php_value max_execution_time 200
php_value max_input_time 200

Now you can upload the file-size up-to 8MB in a simple way using file field in your html form and move_uploaded_file() function available in PHP.