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Unable to upload a file larger than 5mb via a php page. Checked php.ini file. Error message "exceeds MAX_FILE_SIZE directive in html"

Posted on August 9, 2016

Centos, Apache, PHP Version 5.4.16 php.ini is:

upload_max_filesize=12M
memory_limit=512M
max_execution_time=60
max_input_time=60
post_max_size=12M

There are no .htaccess files used that I know of.



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Thanks for the response. It is a custom built application, not OwnCloud or similar. Do not believe I’m using FCGI, have standard Digital Ocean’s standard CentOS setup, modified php.ini (and restarted apache) per above specs.

Hi @kencushman,

Are you using FCGI by any chance? And is it a custom built application, or something like OwnCloud?

Yes, i setup a phpinfo.php and the values displayed match exactly what’s in php.ini. BTW, the php.ini is at /etc/php.ini.

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