I want to upload and store video files to my server using PHP. Could any one please provide me some example about how to upload a large file using PHP?
Please keep in mind that these files are generally larger than 200 MB.
I think the question is fairly limited, is it the post size where there are problems? Uploading files of this size, really should be handled by something else than the normal upload control. You should see if you can give the user a progress on the upload, because otherwise users probably will cancel the upload if it takes too long.
First hit on google: Google search
http://bluga.net/projects/uploadProgressMeter/
Look at this move_uploaded_file, but if it's so big, it needs to be allowed in php.ini to upload this big files. And maybe you will have problem with Apache as well, because default time when it disconnects you is 5 minutes.
You will need to edit PHP.INI and change those two parameters:
upload_max_filesize = 500M
post_max_size = 500M
...for a maximum upload filesize of 500MB.
If you have a properly set-up server you can put php.ini files into your htdocs root, and it will be effective.
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I have the following problem in Laravel.
I would like to upload a file through a form. But for some reason if the file is larger than around 2100 KB, the validation fails, and says that the file is 'required' and I did not provide it.
I've read numerous articles, that this can be because of php.ini settings. On my server they are the following:
upload_max_filesize 64M
post_max_size 64M
These values are copied from the output of phpinfo(), so they are in effect.
And despite this, the upload fails even for a 2 MB file. Do you have any ideas what I could check/set to solve this?
I am using laravel 5.2, and PHP 7.
Check which server software you are using. Nginx for instance has it's own limit (default set to 1MB I believe). Apache might have it too. Consult the respective manuals for those packages on how to configure them. Or if you're using shared hosting, contact support to see if they can increase the limit.
Though this isn't a really scalable solution. Next time you might want to upload a 100MB file, and you probably don't want to allow 100MB requests on your servers. A better approach would be to split the file in smaller chunks in the frontend, with JavaScript, and submit them as parts of the same upload, then recombine the parts on the server once the file is completely uploaded. Beware of additional checks you'll have to do here though.
You might want to incorporate the following into your own code:
<?php
//--- this tries to override the default of only 2M file uploads.
ini_set("upload_max_filesize","25M");
ini_set("max_execution_time",600); //--- 10 minutes
ini_set("post_max_size","35M");
ini_set("file_uploads","On");
?>
In my case, it was HDD space issue. not enough space to store the file.
Laravel should handle it with proper message, instead of indicating user didn't upload anything.
If you are not using any other package to upload files to check , then
then remember to restart apache .
I recently purchased a PHP script for my website. The software is working very well except when I try to upload images or videos (built in function). After I upload an image using the website script, the result is "broken image" icon in place of the picture. When you try to click on the image, the resulting link is:
http ://www..com/thumbnail.php?pic=C:*Upload Source Directory* \07172364.largeThumb.b.jpg&w=100&sq=Y&b=Y
After doing some research, I found some articles that state the php.ini needs to dictate how the php script handles image uploads. Upon looking at my php.ini file, the only line is:
session.save_path = "/home/<directory>/public_html/tmp"
session.use_only_cookies = on
I cannot find any information on what lines of coding need to be in my php.ini file in order to handle file uploads.
My questions are:
1) Am I looking in the right direction for solving this problem?
2) Is there a standard script that should be included in my php.ini in order to handle file uploads.
Thank you.
Given this is video and not images, when you say both should be supported, perhaps it's a filesize issue. In that case you're in the right spot (php.ini) and looking to increase the upload size to a value greater than your intended video size:
upload_max_filesize = 10M
post_max_size = 20M
The solution to this issue was that my webhost did not have my account setup correctly to upload images. Once I contacted my webhost, the setting was corrected and my issue was resolved.
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I made an upload page in PHP, but I dont know why the page would not upload documents greater than 500MB, This is my first time of trying to upload something that large, I changed all the configurations in the PHP.INI (post_max_size = 700M, upload_max_filesize = 600M, and max_execution_time = 300). The codes for upload is as below
if(isset($_FILES['upload']) && !empty($_FILES['upload']['name'])){
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'], $this->filePath.$this->fileName);
}
I need help, I wonder if there is something am not doing right..
Do you think if increasing upload size limit will solve the problem? what if uploading 2GB file, what's happening then? Do you take into consideration the memory usage of such a script?
Instead, what you need is chunked upload, see here : Handling plupload's chunked uploads on the server-side
and here : File uploads; How to utilize "chunking"?
By configuration, PHP only allows to upload files up to a certain size. There are lots of articles around the web that explain how to modify this limit. Below are a few of them:
PHP Increase Upload File Size Limit
How do I increase the PHP upload limits?
Uploading large(big) files in PHP using .htaccess
For instance, you can edit your php.ini file and set:
memory_limit = 32M
upload_max_filesize = 24M
post_max_size = 32M
You will then need to restart apache.
Note:
That being said, Uploading large files like that is not very reliable. Errors can occur. You may want to split the files, and include some additional data for error corrections. One way to do that is to use par recovery files. You can then check the files after upload using the par command line utility on unix-like systems.
I assume you mean that you transferring the files via HTTP.
While not quite as bad as FTP, its not a good idea if
you can find another of solving the problem.
HTTP (and hence the component programs) are optimized around transferring relatively small files around the internet.
While the protocol supports server to client range requests,
it does not allow for the reverse operation. Even if the software at either end were unaffected by the volume, the more data you are pushing across
the greater the interval during which you could lose the connection.
But the biggest problem is that caveat in the last sentence.
In my site I have to upload very large files.File size may be up to 200MB.
What approach should i follow to upload these files in less duration.Is there any concept of binary uploading in php?
Any help would be highly appreciable.
Uploading large files over HTTP is obviously not perfect, which was why FTP was designed.
However, given what you have got to work with, there are a few things you can do to help make the process smoother.
Make sure that you set the appropriate settings in PHP:
max_upload_size to an appropriate size
set_time_limit(0);, so that the script does not time out.
Other settings that require tweaking:
memory_limit
post_max_size
max_input_time
1.change the max_upload_size in php.ini for appropriate size.
2.Set your script timeout to never (set_time_limit(0); in your scripts… don’t do this in your php.ini)
check these links
http://www.gen-x-design.com/archives/uploading-large-files-with-php/
http://www.sitepoint.com/upload-large-files-in-php/
I know you can control the size of uploads in PHP using $_FILES['userfile']['size'] > XXX
My question I suppose is performance related.
When you upload a file, my understanding is the whole file gets uploaded to a temporary location, and then you have access to $_FILES
What happens if a user attempts to upload a 10gb file? (as an example of a very large file)
If a large file is attempted to be uploaded, does this waste server bandwidth as the file needs to be uploaded before it can be processed/validated.
I know PHP has like timeouts etc but I'm curious if there is a performance impact from users attempting to upload very large files, even if (for example) the max file size is 2mb.
Is this a concern or something unavoidable and just to not worry.
Thanks.
Both apache and php have max-post limitation to prevent such behavior.
from php.ini:
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 4M
; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
post_max_size = 8M
Actually, the [size] isn't there for control, it's simply the size of the uploaded file. By the time your script gets fired up to check that, PHP (and the webserver) have already handled the uploaded and applied their own internal limits (Apache's LimitRequestBody, PHP's upload_max_size, etc...).
PHP will allow all uploads to proceed, if they've been enabled via the file_uploads INI setting. Since you can't really trust the client, the client-provided size will be ignored and the upload will proceed until it either completes or hits the upload limit. So, yes, it can waste your bandwidth.
If you allow uploads, then it can be abused. But, there's no real difference between someone uploading a 10gig file or someone doing a POST with 10gig of bogus data. Either way, you've got 10gig of data coming your way.