This is my upload form:
<form action="uploads.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="fileupload" type="file" multiple>
<button>Upload</button>
</form>
My max upload sizes are set like this:
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 5M
; Must be greater than or equal to upload_max_filesize
post_max_size = 5M
If I upload a file that is larger then 5M var_dump($_FILES)
is empty. I can do that:
if($_FILES){
echo "Upload done!";
}
$_FILES
is not set if the file is larger then 5M. But this is a bit strange. How would you do that?
EDIT:
var_dump of file over 5M:
array(0) {
}
var_dump of file <= 5M:
array(1) {
["fileupload"]=>
array(5) {
["name"]=>
string(13) "netzerk12.pdf"
["type"]=>
string(15) "application/pdf"
["tmp_name"]=>
string(22) "/tmp/uploads/phpWhm8M0"
["error"]=>
int(0)
["size"]=>
int(352361)
}
}
You could check the $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH']
:
// check that post_max_size has not been reached
// convert_to_bytes is the function turn `5M` to bytes because $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] is in bytes.
if (isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'])
&& (int) $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] > convert_to_bytes(ini_get('post_max_size')))
{
// ... with your logic
throw new Exception('File too large!');
}
Like Rob mentioned, your post_max_size
should be greater than your upload_max_filesize
.
After that you can check $_FILES['fileupload']['error']
if it is UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE
the uploaded file is to large.
So in your php.ini
set
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 5M
; Must be greater than or equal to upload_max_filesize
post_max_size = 10M
In your uploads.php
check
if($_FILES['fileupload']['error'] === UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE) {
// Handle the error
echo 'Your file is too large.';
die();
}
// check for the other possible errors
// http://php.net/manual/features.file-upload.errors.php
I had the same problem, where $_FILES
would be empty if the uploaded file is too large. Based on the solutions of xdazz and Florian, I concluded that:
- If the file size is greater than
post_max_size
, then $_FILES
is empty and $_FILES['fileupload']['error']
is therefore not defined: use the solution of xdazz. However, you get a warning message from PHP (Warning: POST Content-Length of xxx bytes exceeds the limit of yyy bytes in Unknown on line 0
).
- If the file size is between
post_max_size
and upload_max_filesize
, in that case you can use $_FILES['fileupload']['error']
, without having to be bothered with PHP warning messages.
In short use the following code:
if (isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH']) &&
(int) $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] > (1024*1024*(int) ini_get('post_max_size')))
{
// Code to be executed if the uploaded file has size > post_max_size
// Will issue a PHP warning message
}
if ($_FILES[$this->name]['error'] === UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE) {
// Code to be executed if the uploaded file has size between upload_max_filesize and post_max_size
// Will not issue any PHP warning message
}
You should set the max allowed file size more than 5M, then with PHP check if the file size exceed 5M. Make sure your webserver post body size is updated with the new size as well.
Limiting file size based on php ini is not the best solution, because it will limit you. What if you want to check another file not exceed 3MB in another script?
if ($_FILES['fileupload']['size'] > 5242880) // 5242880 = 5MB
echo 'your file is too large';