[solved] "File could not be uploaded" error

[cnymike]

CMSMS v1.1.4.1

Using the File Manager, I have been unable to upload a 6MB .mp3 file. I get the error "File could not be uploaded. This could be a permissions or safe mode problem"

SafeMode is off and permissions are set to 777. Furthermore, I have been able to upload smaller files using File Manager without getting this error so I am only able to assume that this in fact is NOT a permissions or a Safe Mode Problem. Instead it seems to be a file size issue.

I have changed the config.php upload limit to 10000000bytes and this has not helped. I have also placed in .htaccess the code that increases the php upload size up to 10MB. But I was still not able to upload the 6MB file.

I have had to resort to ftp'ing the file into the uploads directory.

Any ideas about a workaround to enable me to upload large files via the File Manager?

[palan]

Might be a similar problem to what I had.

Here: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... l#msg78487

Hope this helps..

[cnymike]

Alan,

I read your thread before I posted my problem.

I don't see any similarity whatsoever.

In your situation, you were not able to upload any files.

I do not have that problem at all. I am only not able to upload large files.

Michael

[cnymike]

Anyone?

Other than the config.php file and the php maximum upload file size are there other places that could limit the file size from being uploaded?

[kermit]

I have changed the config.php upload limit to 10000000bytes and this has not helped. I have also placed in .htaccess the code that increases the php upload size up to 10MB. But I was still not able to upload the 6MB file.

just because you made the changes to allow a large upload does not mean the host permits you to change that particular setting. check a phpinfo output to see what the server is set at; and if your changes don't change it, then you have to live with what the host provides (or ask/beg/bribe/plead for them to change the server-wide setting)

phpinfo: http://us3.php.net/phpinfo

[cnymike]

phpinfo say maximum upload file size is 4194304

So that's 4.19MB right?

And I might be able to up that with a directive in .htaccess if the host will allow it?

[kermit]

phpinfo say maximum upload file size is 4194304

So that's 4.19MB right?

And I might be able to up that with a directive in .htaccess if the host will allow it?

4194304 / 1024 (get kb) / 1024 (get mb) = 4.0 megabytes

if you've change the setting but phpinfo doesn't reflect YOUR value; then no, the server configuration won't allow you to change it yourself (you'll have to ask the host to allow such overrides or to change the server-wide default).

[cnymike]

Apparently it is because I am using php-cgiwrap

Still communicating with the webhost to find out if there is a solution to this dilemma.

[kermit]

Apparently it is because I am using php-cgiwrap

Still communicating with the webhost to find out if there is a solution to this dilemma.

changing php configuration via .htaccess only works with php running as an apache module.  if your host is offering both php4 and php5, it is possible that one or the other is running in that fashion and you might be able to change the value via .htaccess

OR... you will either need to ask/beg/bribe your host to upping the server-wide value, or use a custom php.ini file (you'll have to ask your host if they support them).

of course, you can always change hosts if yours is uncooperative and you *have to have* a higher limit.

[cnymike]

Yup... I contacted my host and was able to run php4 and php5 from cgi-bin instead of cgi-sys and I was also able to have my own php.ini. I upped the upload limit and all is well.

[Pierre M.]

The webserver may limit the size of the HTTP request before it reaches PHP... ask your hosting provider.

Pierre M.

[cnymike]

Pierre, I don't know a thing about the size of a HTTP request, but I did discover that the php maximum upload size was set at a value that was less than the size of the file I was trying to upload and increasing that value via the php.ini suddenly allowed me to upload the file. So I'm assuming that it was the PHP parameter that was limiting factor and not the HTTP request size, even though I have no idea what that is

[Pierre M.]

oops, I'd misread your last post.
So it is time to mark it [solved] ?

Pierre

[cnymike]

..so it is.