====== Maximum Upload File Size ======

:?: Is there an easy way to increase the maximum file upload size (currently 2 megabytes)?

:!: The file upload size is set in your PHP configuration, ''php.ini'', with the parameter ''upload_max_filesize''. 

The setting can be changed in a number of different places depending on your webserver and the method it uses to run PHP.

If your Webserver allows the modification of PHP settings through a ''.htaccess'' file (Apache + mod_php) add the following two lines to a ''.htaccess'' in the installed directory:

<code>
php_value upload_max_filesize 15M
php_value post_max_size 15M
</code>

Otherwise you need to modify your ''php.ini'' (usually located in ''/etc/php5/php.ini'', but refer to your administrator or distribution manual for the correct location):

<code>
upload_max_filesize = 15M
post_max_size = 15M
</code>

After modifying the global ''php.ini'' you will need to restart the webserver to have changes take effect.

===== Apache Users =====

Set the following parameter to a reasonable value in your php.ini if you get "Upload Failed" errors after setting ''upload_max_filesize'' and ''post_max_size'' :

  memory_limit = 256M     ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (default: 16MB)
  

===== Suhosin Users =====

Users with Suhosin might need to increase the ''suhosin.post.max_value_length'' value as well.

===== Red Hat E5 Servers =====

Red Hat ES users will also want to check (and probably increase) ''LimitRequestBody'' in ''/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf'', which is set by default to a fairly low value. This directive specifies the number of bytes from 0 (meaning unlimited) to 2147483647 (2GB) that are allowed in a request body.

===== FCGI Users =====

An updated default FastCGI restriction, which limited the maximum body size of a HTTP request results in internal server errors. You may set new values in your apache, i.e.

<code>
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
  FcgidMaxRequestLen 26214400
  FcgidConnectTimeout 60
</IfModule>
</code>

for 25 MB and 60 sec timeout.

===== nginx Users =====

nginx has its own limit for the maximum request size. You want to increase it by adding the appropriate value in your ''nginx.conf'':

<code>
client_max_body_size 25M;
</code>

If you want to disable checking by nginx, set it to 0
<code>
client_max_body_size 0;
</code>
===== Known issues =====

  * [[issue>1478|Media upload size limits effectless · Issue #1478]]

===== See Also =====

For more details check the support section of your webhost, the documentation for your webserver and the instructions for configuring PHP at www.php.net.