Re: $_FILE array being truncated

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 18:25 +0100, Daniel Egeberg wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 15:19, Richard H Lee <richard@webdezign.co.uk> wrote: > > p.general, > > > > I have a form with 75 or so file input controls: <input type="file" ... > > > > Usually when I submit the form, I only upload two or so files. So in the > > post request, it sends the two files along with the other blank 73 fields. > > This has been working fine on my live and test servers so far. > > > > However as of the past few days only the first 20 file fields are recieved > > on the live server. I saw this by dumping the $_FILES array. This does not > > happen on the test server. I can see all 75 file fields been sent across in > > the POST header in wireshark, but but only the first 20 appear in the > > $_FILES array. > > > > Has anyone come across this problem of the $_FILE array being truncated? I > > don't recall changing anything on the live server. > > > > Richard > > Check out max_file_uploads which was added in PHP 5.2.12 and defaults to 20. > > -- > Daniel Egeberg > I really wouldn't rely on a form that contains more than 20 file upload boxes though. If someone uploads some large files, they're stuck with an extremely long wait which will slow down your server a bit as well if a lot of people are using the same form at the same time. Have you looked at using a multi-file upload element instead? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk