Re: Re: Max File Upload

On Wed, August 16, 2006 4:11 am, Colin Guthrie wrote: > I can't rembmer but does Apache have a max size that is independant of > PHP? Perhaps you'll need to set both? Apache has a limit on POST size, which is a super-set of your file upload size limit. > While on the topic, is there a nice way to show users progress when > file > uploads occur? Get a better browser? :-) > This could be client side/javascript etc. but to upload > a > 20Meg file will take a while so some form of feedback is important > IMO. There are hooks in PHP in CVS for this. There are several source patches on-line for PHP to do this. To this day, I believe it is on the BROWSER to do this, not the SERVER, for reasons obvious to anybody who thinks about this for more than 10 seconds. > What is the absolute maximum that is sensible to use? Are there any > other techniques to use (e.g. Applet etc.). Depends on user's bandwidth (dialup or T1?) and your bandwidth mostly. I suppose it's possible you have an overwhelemed server where bandwidth is not the choke-point, but it seems unlikely... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm