PHP - Maximum Total Upload Size?

Question

I have a php web page with 15 fields. The user will use it to upload images. I tested this by uploading 15 jpg images, each about 2 M, without any problems. On the day I

Answer 1

If you are using nginx then make sure that you have the following:

server {
...
     client_max_body_size 100M;
....
}

Answer 2

The upload limits are set through php ini. You can try get them like so:

$post_max_size = ini_get('post_max_size');
$upload_max_filesize = ini_get('upload_max_filesize');

Answer 3

It's a setting in php.ini. You can look in the output of php info for the field labeled "upload_max_filesize". To get a php info page, create a php file with the following code:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

This post at php.net gives you sample code to get that information, and the rest of the page is a treasure trove of php configuration options.

Answer 4

This would be unusual, but of course, check with whatever hosting company you choose. If there were a limit, it certainly would be higher than 30 MB.