RE: [PHP] File Upload - post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in GBs

> > Hello, > > I want to allow uploading of huge video files, which may be > as big as 4 GB. But when I try to set > > post_max_size = 4G > upload_max_filesize = 4G > > in php.ini, it doesn't work and everything in post (posted > data) is ignored. > > I get a warning about size of posted data greater than some > negative number. > > I read somewhere that php stores this data in integer. > > I have tested it on 64 bit system (php 5.1.6 installed on > Mandriva 2007.0) as well as 32 bit system (php 5.2.2 > installed on windows xp sp2). > > Value up to, I think, 2147483647 bytes or ( around 1.999.. gb) works > > We need to allow uploading of 4 GB files. Is there any solution. > > Regards, > Sukhwinder Singh Rumor has it that uploaded files are stored in memory before being committed to disk. If so, the amount of free RAM available to PHP would be the limit to the filesize regardless of the ini file settings. You should probably use another method of transport for files that large. FTP immediately comes to mind. JM