usually what is the default php upload limit?

[LanceT]

Anyone know whether there is a general limit of uploading files via browser? I'm on shared hosting if that helps.

 

Or maybe it just varies?

[redarrow]

8m

[wildteen88]

If your web host kept PHP's default upload limit setting then it'll be 8MB. To check your hosts upload limit, upload a php file called info.php that has this in it:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Go to info.php and scroll down to find the line starting with this:

upload_max_filesize

Next to it, it should show the max filesize for uploads.

 

If the upload limit is too low for you then you might be able to increae the limit by adding the following in a .htaccess file:

php_value "upload_max_filesize" 16M

Now the upload limit will be 16MB.

[craygo]

Also have to remember, you can have a limit of 16MB but if your script timeout is set to 90 seconds It may timeout before the file can be uploaded. So will depend on the users connection and the timeout value.

 

Ray

[LanceT]

so how do I configure timeout ?

[wildteen88]

either by using ini_set function in your script:

// set the script timeout limit to 60 secs
ini_set("max_execution_time",  60);

 

or by using a .htaccess file:

# set the script timeout limit to 60 secs
php_value "max_execution_time" 60