increase the post_max_size in live server php

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I want to change the post_max_size in live server, for that I have created a file say .htaccess with following data

php_value post_max_size 100M

and placed this .htaccess file in root folder of the project. This worked in local but not working at live Server. Where did I make mistake, please suggest me in right way to increase the post_max_size in live server.

`ini_set('post_max_size','100M');` according to php documentation located here: https://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php — user3647971, Jan 21 '19 at 08:29
Did you put it in .htaccess or the php file you are trying to run? — user3647971, Jan 21 '19 at 08:39
@SayedMohdAli yes it should be done through php.ini in local but in live server i dont have access to cpanel so how to achieve it — Nagaraju Chimmani, Jan 21 '19 at 08:48
In .htaccess you can restrict portions of the application which have higher max post size, also with php ini_set function same principle. All of those exists just because they offer different scopes to achieve this — user3647971, Jan 21 '19 at 08:48
in my live server the `post_max_size` is set to 8MB ,I want to increase this by coding — Nagaraju Chimmani, Jan 21 '19 at 08:49
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2184513/change-the-maximum-upload-file-size I was just pointing out that you might need to change this environment variable aswell — user3647971, Jan 21 '19 at 08:51
Remember that .htaccess file works on the scope it is defined in and how your apache is configured. Apache looks for the file inside folder where your request is forwarded — user3647971, Jan 21 '19 at 08:53

Sayed Mohd Ali · Answer 1 · 2019-01-21T09:20:21.160

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open .htaccess add this line.

php_value upload_max_filesize 99M
php_value post_max_size 100M

If your web server is running php5, I believe you must use php5_value.

for some hosting like Web Fusion, you need to create a file called php.ini and save it in the same location as your .htaccess file.

your method is right, check your .htaccess file is updated successfully or not also,

upload_max_filesize should be less than post_max_size.

If you are getting 500 - Internal server error that means you don't have permission to set these values by .htaccess. You have to contact your web server providers and ask to set AllowOverride Options for your host or to put these lines in their virtual host configuration file.

edited Jan 21 '19 at 09:20

answered Jan 21 '19 at 08:50

Sayed Mohd Ali

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`upload_max_filesize` in live server has set to 200MB. I dont have any problem with it but I want to change `post_max_size`.you are saying that i have to add two lines in `.htaccess` with `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size`? – Nagaraju Chimmani Jan 21 '19 at 08:53
upload_max_filesize should be less than post_max_size – Sayed Mohd Ali Jan 21 '19 at 08:54
if it is 200M than make post_max_size 201M – Sayed Mohd Ali Jan 21 '19 at 08:55
still not working.As my code is `php_value upload_max_filesize 200M php_value post_max_size 201M` and but it still showing `post_max_size` as 8M and `upload_max_size` as 200M – Nagaraju Chimmani Jan 21 '19 at 09:09
check your .htaccess is successfully update or not, also check it is working or not type anything like aosdjosajdasjdoajsdao in .htaccess to check it is working. – Sayed Mohd Ali Jan 21 '19 at 09:11
no .htaccess file is not wroking in live server but working in local.What should i do – Nagaraju Chimmani Jan 21 '19 at 09:28
open the Apache configuration file (typically either called httpd.conf or apache.conf) and check that the AllowOverride directive is set to AllowOverride All. – Sayed Mohd Ali Jan 21 '19 at 09:38
after making changes sudo service apache2 restart – Sayed Mohd Ali Jan 21 '19 at 09:38

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