#48437 [Opn->Csd]: Documentation overstates MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field

ID: 48437 Updated by: danbrown@php.net Reported By: phpbugreport at strokerville dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: linux PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-23 04:10:59] svn@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of danbrown Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=284632 Log: Addresses Bug #48437 by rewording the documentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-05-31 05:14:24] phpbugreport at strokerville dot com Description: ------------ I spend the better part of a day trying to find what I'd done wrong to prevent the following feature from working: "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 big and the transfer failed." http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.post-method.php From what I found searching online, including this previous bug: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40387 it seems this hidden input field does nothing at all to prevent an over sized file from being uploaded. Unless what I've read is incorrect, my suggestion is to remove the above quoted text from the documentation so that others do not waste their time trying to make it work as stated. Thank you for all the great work everyone! Reproduce code: --------------- <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="__URL__" method="POST"> <!-- MAX_FILE_SIZE must precede the file input field --> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000" /> <!-- Name of input element determines name in $_FILES array --> Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /> <input type="submit" value="Send File" /> </form> Expected result: ---------------- "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 big and the transfer failed." Actual result: -------------- File uploads completely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48437&edit=1