What to adjust in the php.ini file for large lead file uploads

Posted from Diyanat on the forums:

The following are php directives that you may need to edit in the /etc/php.ini files , keep values that best suit your environment, generally default values will work fine, u may need to change the values only if uploading large files greater then 2MB

file_uploads = keep this on to enable file uploads
upload_tmp_dir = point to a temporary directory to store uploaded files

upload_max_filesize = maximum file size in bytes that the PHP engine will accept.
Note: increase according to file size to upload


post_max_size = maximum peremitted http post size in bytes,
Note: this should be larger than upload_max_filesize


memory_limit = maximum amount of memory in bytes that is allowed for use by a PHP script
Note: this should be larger than post_max_size
Warning: choose a large memory_limit only if you have sufficient memory


max_input_time = maximum amount of time in secs allowed for each PHP script to receive httpd clients request,
Note: if u have slow connection increase this value

max_execution_time = maximum amount of time in secs allowed for each PHP script to execute.
Note: if uploading large files increase max_execution_time to prevent timeouts.



If you upload files less then 4 MB use the following

 file_uploads = On
 upload_tmp_dir = "/tmp"
 upload_max_filesize = 5120
 post_max_size = 10M
 memory_limit = 20M
 max_input_time = 90
 max_execution_time = 60

if your upload file size from 5 MB to 10 MB use the following

 file_uploads = On
 upload_tmp_dir = "/tmp"
 upload_max_filesize = 10240
 post_max_size = 16M
 memory_limit = 32M
 max_input_time = 180
 max_execution_time = 120

Diyanat