I trying to use file input to upload a 3.5MB file, but when I try to upload it, I get a $_FILES['error'] == 2, I believe that is telling me that the file is way too big.
what can I do to get this to upload?
here is some of my code:
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000">
<input type="file" id="home_pdf" name="home_pdf">
my php settings are the following:
post_max_size = 128M
memory_limit = 128M
max_file_uploads = 20
max_execution_time = 30
upload_max_filesize = 128M
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is too big of a number, and overflows. Try 134217728 instead (128MB).
PHP has a maximum int value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 on 64 bit installations and 2,147,483,647 on 32-bit installations.
I've tested this and can reproduce your issue and it gets fixed by lowering the value.
See POST method uploads
The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field (measured in bytes) must precede the file input field, and its value is the maximum filesize accepted by PHP. This form element should always be used as it saves users the trouble of waiting for a big file being transferred only to find that it was too large and the transfer failed. Keep in mind: fooling this setting on the browser side is quite easy, so never rely on files with a greater size being blocked by this feature. It is merely a convenience feature for users on the client side of the application. The PHP settings (on the server side) for maximum-size, however, cannot be fooled.
Your MAX_FILE_SIZE field is too big.
from the PHP manual:
UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE
Value: 2; The uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form
According to docs:
UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE
Value: 2; The uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form.
You should check the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form.
Also, as noted from #BrandonWamboldt, you have specified an invalid attribute value for the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive.
It may sound silly, but sometimes it is necessary in upload script to add a setting for php_ini. Example:
ini_set("max_execution_time", 120);
ini_set("max_input_time", 120);
ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
ini_set("upload_max_filesize", "10M");
ini_set("post_max_size", "10M");
For some reason this works. I had a similar problem and that was my solution.
My opinion for name MAX_FILE_SIZE and value 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is realy bad move and not recommended to be visible. That part define in PHP upload function and reduce the number of zeros (the value is tooooooooo large).
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I'm trying to make file upload to server by form:
<form action="send_valid.php" method="POST" enctype= "multipart/form-data">
<br>
<input type="file" name="pdf" id="pdf" accept="application/pdf"/>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10000000"/>
<input type="submit" value="Wyślij">
</form>
and I want to allow user to send only pdf files of a max size 10Mb.
My php configuration for uploads is:
file_uploads = On
upload_tmp_dir = "E:\Xampp\tmp"
upload_max_filesize = 11M
max_file_uploads = 20
post_max_size = 12M
To check file size I use:
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){
var_dump($_FILES);
if(extract($_FILES)){
if($pdf['size']>10000000){
echo "File size is too large!";
}
}
Now I want to show user an error (for now) with echo when file is too big. It works fine if it is lower than 10Mb (even the code above works when I change size to 1Mb and file is larger then it will display echo), but for files of 10Mb and above it produces that error:
Warning: POST Content-Length of 11450416 bytes exceeds the limit of 8388608 bytes in Unknown on line 0
array(0) { }
I don't have any clue why it shows it exceeds 8Mb since in configs I couldn't find 8Mb anywhere.
Where can be the problem? Is there a way to catch an upload that exceeds configuration setting to not show user the php server error?
And if I want to make file validation does above method and checking file extension with for examle:
$ext = pathinfo($_POST['pdf'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
is it enough? Any insight on file validation would be really helpful.
Probably this
ini_set('post_max_size', '512M');
ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '512M');
Change 512 to any of you want.
Update the values of post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in your php configuration file.
Note that the values are measured in bytes.
Reference
http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.post-max-size
http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.upload-max-filesize
Put this code before move_uploaded_file function
if($_FILES['pdf']['size']>10000000) {
exit("File size is too large!");
}
Thanks
Hey everyones: I've got a problem here! I'm doing my project using laravel framework. I've got a problem when I try to validate an input files. I made a simple site for testing with a same problem. Here's my Route:
Route::get('test','TestController#uploadFile');
Route::post('test','TestController#uploadFile');
Here's my controller:
class TestController extends Controller{
public function uploadFile(){
return View::make('test');
}
public function pUploadFile(){
try {
$file=Input::file('file');
$validator=Validator::make(array('file' => $file ),array('file' =>'image|mimes:jpeg,jpg,png,gif|max:3072'));
if($validator->fails()){
return View::make('test')->withErrors($validator);
}
$destinationPath = "uploads";
$extension =$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename='testfile'.$extension;
$upload_success = $file->move($destinationPath, $filename);
if($upload_success)
return 'succeeded';
return 'failed';
} catch (Exception $e) {
return $e;
}
}
}
And here's my blade.php file :
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<form method="post" action="{{Asset('test')}}" id="form-register" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<h2>Choose an image</h2>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file"/>
{{$errors->first('file')}}
<button>Upload</btn>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
When I chose a swf file with size:66mb and push the button, I got an error:
Warning: POST Content-Length of 64859333 bytes exceeds the limit of 8388608 bytes in Unknown on line 0
It shouldn't cross over the validation rules! Why is that? Can anyboby help me?
ps:Sorry if my english is terrible :D
Thank you very much all you guys. It works!!! But now the new problem has coming. We can't control people when they choose a large file than 'post_max_size'. lol
Your PHP configuration only allows for a maximum of 8MB to be uploaded. Adjust the post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in your php.ini.
upload_max_filesize = 128M
post_max_size = 128M
Its not validation rules problem its related to settings you have in there.
Make sure you update post_max_size and max_file_uploads in php.ini to a larger value.
max_file_uploads = 256
post_max_size= 256
You can find where is your php.ini file with phpinfo() function.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.upload-max-filesize
post_max_size integer
Sets max size of post data allowed. This setting also
affects file upload. To upload large files, this value must be larger
than upload_max_filesize. If memory limit is enabled by your configure
script, memory_limit also affects file uploading. Generally speaking,
memory_limit should be larger than post_max_size. When an integer is
used, the value is measured in bytes. Shorthand notation, as described
in this FAQ, may also be used. If the size of post data is greater
than post_max_size, the $_POST and $_FILES superglobals are empty.
This can be tracked in various ways, e.g. by passing the $_GET
variable to the script processing the data, i.e. , and then checking if
$_GET['processed'] is set.
max_file_uploads integer
The maximum number of files allowed to be uploaded simultaneously.
Starting with PHP 5.3.4, upload fields left blank on submission do not
count towards this limit.
I was trying to upload a file which is 20MB in size. Now default form upload size is 8MB. When I upload such a file i get $_POST and $_FILE variables empty. Now I want to put a check on file size. If I get both these variables empty, how can I put such a check ?? Please give me suggestions
Barring any code errors, its most likely your 20MB exceeds your upload limit.
Change this permanently from your php.ini file.
Use
ini_set("upload_max_filesize", "30M");
to set your max upload size for that session only. And for POST
Use this
ini_set("post_max_size", "30M");
To check the sizes
echo ini_get("post_max_size") . "\n";
echo ini_get("upload_max_filesize");
No idea what you actually want. But you can probe the recieved content size using:
$_SERVER["CONTENT_LENGTH"]
This should tell how big the POST request body would have been. (The number might be higher than the actual received content, in case of an aborted upload.)
Checkout php://input, the allowed 8mb part of it should be there.
For example echo file_get_contents('php://input');
You can dynamically set your max file size for upload.
write down below statement in your upload function where you are trying to upload file.
this will enhance limit up to 50 MB
ini_set("upload_max_filesize", "50M");
If you want to check file variables, you can user alternative HTTP_POST_FILES
$theFileSize = $HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['size'];
Hope this may help you.
Thanks.
Use MAX_FILE_SIZE as a hidden input field, this will stop the user waiting if the file is larger than the limit and won't execute your code so the variables won't be empty...
The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field (measured in bytes) must precede the
file input field, and its value is the maximum filesize accepted by
PHP. This form element should always be used as it saves users the
trouble of waiting for a big file being transferred only to find that
it was too large and the transfer failed. Keep in mind: fooling this
setting on the browser side is quite easy, so never rely on files with
a greater size being blocked by this feature. It is merely a
convenience feature for users on the client side of the application.
The PHP settings (on the server side) for maximum-size, however,
cannot be fooled.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.post-method.php
Inside my form i define this file upload field:
$this->setEnctype(Zend_Form::ENCTYPE_MULTIPART);
$logo = $this->createElement('file', 'logo');
$logo->setLabel('Group logo')
->setMaxFileSize(5242880) // 5mb
->addValidator('IsImage')
->addValidator('Count', false, 1)
->addValidator('Size', false, 5242880)
->addValidator('Extension', false, array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif'));
However, no matter how small files I upload I get this error: File 'logo' exceeds the defined ini size.
The error message seemed pretty straight forward so I checked the php config (phpinfo() on the same exact page that handles the form)
file_uploads: On
upload_max_filesize: 2000M
memory_limit: 128M
post_max_size: 8M
While those values don't exactly make sense, they absolutely should allow me to upload files up to 8Mb but the upload always failes with the message from above. Even files smaller than 1Kb fail. I also tried removing all setters/validators but it still fails.
While searching for an answer I came across some posts that said that it was ajax' fault but this is a regular form, so now I'm stuck.
Update: I'm terribly sorry to have wasted your time, there was another unclosed form on the page which voided the multipart-declaration. Could have found that out sooner if I had tested with larger files rather than small ones :/
Add enctype="multipart/form-data" in your form. It should solve your problem.
Add
enctype="multipart/form-data"
to your <form> element. Solved my problem.
if you are using script file to render your file , you need to retrieve the enctype info that you specified in form class from your script file. <form enctype="<?php echo $this->element->getAttrib("enctype"); ?>">
Chances are that the php extension fileinfo is not activated.
Please check your php.ini file and increase upload_max_filesize. By default, it is 2M (2 MegaBytes). Also in order to be able to post file with size more than 2M you need to update value of post_max_size
It looks like you're missing the destination:
$logo->setLabel('Group logo')
->setDestination('/var/www/upload')
...
You might want to make sure that the folder is writeable by your web server.
When I commented out the following I got the same error:
->setDestination($this->_config->folder->ugc);
->addValidator(Kvadrat_Form_Element_File::VALIDATE_COUNT, true, 1);
->addValidator(Kvadrat_Form_Element_File::VALIDATE_SIZE, true, 5 * 102400);
(I commented it out as was doing the file uploads separately with FormData)
So I uncommented it and it all worked again.
Your size validator is incorrect. You should use this format:
->addValidator('Size', false, array('max' => '5242880'))
Your validator checks file's size == 5242880, NOT <= 5242880.
I was trying to make a file upload form and checked the PHP documentation to refresh my memory on the subject. Here is a link to the relevant article. All of a sudden I noticed this message:
The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field (measured in bytes) must precede the file input field, and its value is the maximum filesize accepted by PHP. This form element should always be used as it saves users the trouble of waiting for a big file being transferred only to find that it was too large and the transfer failed. Keep in mind: fooling this setting on the browser side is quite easy, so never rely on files with a greater size being blocked by this feature. It is merely a convenience feature for users on the client side of the application. The PHP settings (on the server side) for maximum-size, however, cannot be fooled.
OK... Say what? First it tells that it must precede the file upload field. Then it tells us that it is merely for convenience. And besides - it's on client side anyway so anyone can mess with it. After googling around I also found information that there are no known browsers that support it.
WTF? Why is it said that it must precede the file upload field if it seems to be (for all intents and purposes) absolutely pointless? Should I bother putting it in my HTML at all?
After failed attempt to find any authoritative information about MAX_FILE_INFO i've decided to resort to drastic measures - and peeked at PHP's holy source.
I scanned entire PHP source recursively using grep:
grep -ri MAX_FILE_SIZE .
The only place that mentioned this variable was (excluding tests folder) - rfc1867.c file.
Completely expectable since rfc1867 standard deals with file uploads.
Related C code:
......
if (!strcasecmp(param, "MAX_FILE_SIZE")) {
max_file_size = atol(value);
}
......
......
if (PG(upload_max_filesize) > 0 && (total_bytes+blen) > PG(upload_max_filesize)) {
cancel_upload = UPLOAD_ERROR_A;
} else if (max_file_size && ((total_bytes+blen) > max_file_size)) {
cancel_upload = UPLOAD_ERROR_B;
} else if
....
So - here's short explanation of above code:
1) first we get the value of MAX_FILE_SIZE into max_file_size variable.
2) Then we check if max_file_size value exists and if the sum of already accepted bytes (total_bytes) + the size of bytes in the buffer(blen) exceeds max_file_size.
3) If 2 is true - at this point we cancel upload with some error code that's been set by this constant: UPLOAD_ERROR_B
BUT - as you can see - right before checking max_file_size variable - PHP performs EXACTLY THE SAME CHECK for upload_max_filesize variable!!!
So - there we have it.
Conclusion:
IMHO - op is right - there is 0 point in including MAX_FILE_SIZE into your forms! Simply set upload_max_filesize in your php.ini file or dynamically via ini_set().
At the moment there are no browsers that actually care about the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive so it is pretty pointless. I suppose it does give you more granular control over max sizes on upload (as the poster above stated) rather than going with php.ini's, but personally I just ignore it, and you probably should too. It will certainly not stop a user uploading a larger than required file - the manual is fairly misleading in this regard.
Until we find browsers that support it, there's no point on the client side.
However, on the server side, MAX_FILE_SIZE does affect the values you get from $_FILES['your_file'].
Assuming the browser's request actually made it through post_max_size, usually this is what PHP gives:
array(5) {
["name"]=> string(11) "my_upload.dll"
["type"]=> string(24) "application/x-msdownload"
["tmp_name"]=> string(26) "C:\WINDOWS\Temp\php86A.tmp"
["error"]=> int(0) // UPLOAD_ERR_OK
["size"]=> int(238592)
}
But if uploaded file size exceeds MAX_FILE_SIZE, you'd see:
array(5) {
["name"]=> string(11) "my_upload.dll"
["type"]=> string(0) ""
["tmp_name"]=> string(0) ""
["error"]=> int(2) // UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE
["size"]=> int(0)
}
And the part on "MAX_FILE_SIZE must precede the file input field" is not a joke. It actually works because PHP will interpret the browser's POST request payload sequentially:
<input name=F1 type=file>
<input name=F2 type=file>
F1 and F2 will not be affected by MAX_FILE_SIZE
<input name=MAX_FILE_SIZE value=1024 type=hidden>
<input name=F3 type=file>
<input name=F4 type=file>
F3 and F4 will have MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1024 bytes
<input name=MAX_FILE_SIZE value=0 type=hidden>
<input name=F5 type=file>
<input name=F6 type=file>
F5 and F6 will have MAX_FILE_SIZE = 0 (infinite)
<input name=MAX_FILE_SIZE value=1 type=hidden>
<input name=F7 type=file>
<input name=F8 type=file>
F7 and F8 will have MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1 byte
Also note that PHP interprets MAX_FILE_SIZE case insensitively, so maX_fILe_sIZE and Max_File_SIZE would work too.
I believe the point is that conformant browsers would prevent form submission in the case where the user selected a file that was too large, which would save them having to perform at least a partial upload (which could take a while) of a file that was going to be rejected.
On the server side, PHP still checks and enforces the various limits set in PHP.ini, and will reference the fact that an upload was too large in the normal manner, i.e. an error code set in $_FILES. You might think of the field as an analogy to JavaScript validation - we might do a quick client-side check for the user's convenience, but we still do a proper server-side test and enforce it for all requests.
As others have stated, there don't appear to be any browsers that actually bother to perform this check, making it relatively useless.
What follows is me being wrong, please read the other answers which are better-informed, and accurate (AFAIK).
I think the point is exactly as it states:
This form element should always be
used as it saves users the trouble of
waiting for a big file being
transferred only to find that it was
too large and the transfer failed
Yes, it can be fooled, and so shouldn't be relied on to prevent larger files from being uploaded, but for non-malicious users if the uploaded file is bigger than the integer in this field, PHP disallows this upload and presents an error code in the $_FILES array (source - comments on php.net).
I use it to set file size limit when a particular application needs smaller files than the limit in php.ini. My php scripts check it, but it is set in the HTML form. Different forms have different file size limits. I am not sure if this has much to do with the intended use, but it makes it easier to reuse my scripts. It would be good if it could be checked at the browser level, but it's not the only reason it is useful.