Increasing the maximum post size

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There is a lot of data being submitted no file uploads and the $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] is being exceeded. Can this be increased?

I assume that you are using apache, which is actually limiting the post size. — Ikke, May 26 '11 at 08:03
possible duplicate of [Upload max size in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3263480/upload-max-size-in-php) — Ikke, May 26 '11 at 08:04
Read [this article on drupal](https://www.drupal.org/node/97193) on how the post_max_size and upload_max_filesize relate — Raphioly-San, Jun 08 '15 at 09:53

John Green · Answer 1 · 2015-05-19T10:33:20.777

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There are 2 different places you can set it:

php.ini

post_max_size=20M
upload_max_filesize=20M

.htaccess / httpd.conf / virtualhost include

php_value post_max_size 20M
php_value upload_max_filesize 20M

Which one to use depends on what you have access to.

.htaccess will not require a server restart, but php.ini and the other apache conf files will.

edited May 19 '15 at 10:33

answered May 26 '11 at 08:05

John Green

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where to access .htaccess file. I am using ubuntu – Abel D May 07 '14 at 08:19
Do you need to restart for these to take affect? – mparkuk Jul 04 '14 at 18:18
You need to restart your webserver when changing PHP.ini – Peter M May 18 '15 at 21:31

score 79 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '15 at 13:41

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I had a situation when variables went missing from POST and all of the above answers didn't help. It turned out that

max_input_vars=1000

was set by default and POST in question had more than that. This may be a problem.

answered Mar 12 '15 at 13:41

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Great thank you - this was the only thing that did the trick, for me. – Stefan Jul 04 '16 at 15:33
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it's the right answer. be aware that you should not set this value from php but it must be set from php.ini or htaccess. for htaccess use like this: php_value max_input_vars 4000 – webelizer Aug 14 '16 at 11:01
Thanks this max_input_vars=3000, works for me, not post_max_size – ederrafo Nov 19 '21 at 04:32

Muhammad Zeeshan · Answer 3 · 2017-01-06T10:27:59.420

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; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 40M

; Must be greater than or equal to upload_max_filesize
post_max_size = 40M

edited Jan 06 '17 at 10:27

answered May 26 '11 at 08:05

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 01 '16 at 10:54

We can Increasing the maximum limit using .htaccess file.

php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 10800
php_value max_input_time         10800
php_value max_execution_time     10800
php_value upload_max_filesize    110M
php_value post_max_size          120M

If sometimes other way are not working, this way is working perfect.

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered May 26 '11 at 08:06

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You can do this with .htaccess:

php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
php_value post_max_size 20M

answered May 26 '11 at 08:06

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score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 09:08

I had been facing similar problem in downloading big files this works fine for me now:

safe_mode = off
max_input_time = 9000
memory_limit = 1073741824
post_max_size = 1073741824
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 1073741824
max_file_uploads = 100
allow_url_fopen = On

Hope this helps.

score 6 · Answer 7 · answered May 26 '11 at 08:02

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You can increase that in php.ini

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 2M

answered May 26 '11 at 08:02

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered May 26 '11 at 08:05

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You can specify both max post size and max file size limit in php.ini

post_max_size = 64M
upload_max_filesize = 64M

answered May 26 '11 at 08:05

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Nov 04 '14 at 14:20

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Try

LimitRequestBody 1024000000

edited Nov 04 '14 at 14:20

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answered Nov 04 '14 at 14:16

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 23 '22 at 04:05

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php.ini
Change setting max_input_vars from default 1000 to 10000 for enought json post data.
It worked for me.

max_input_vars=10000

answered Nov 23 '22 at 04:05

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Ketan Chaudhari · Answer 11 · 2022-10-21T17:08:22.593

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Only add the below 3 lines in .htaccess file, which is in your root folder of the project.

php_value memory_limit 500M
php_value post_max_size 500M
php_value upload_max_filesize 500M

It will completely assist you in resolving your problem.

edited Oct 21 '22 at 17:08

answered Jul 10 '22 at 11:40

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