php 7 php.ini upload_max_filesize not working

Question

I have read many solutions on internet , but still cannot change upload_max_filesize value (upload_max_filesize always = 2M )

here is my loaded php.ini in phpinfo() :

Configuration File (php.ini) Path         /etc/php/7.0/apache2
Loaded Configuration File                    /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files      /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d 
upload_max_filesize 2M  2M
post_max_size   8M  8M

here is my edited php.ini in /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini

; http://php.net/post-max-size
post_max_size = 86M
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 40M

im using ubuntu 14.04,apache2,php7.0 (I have reset apache2 many time after each change in php.ini )

Answer 1

I had an other fix for it. os: ubuntu 16.04 phpversion: 7.0

I created a phpinfo.php file containing:

<?php phpinfo() ?>

place the phpinfo.php file in the root of your website www.mywebsite.com/phpinfo.php

Navigating to it and lookup the line:

Loaded Configuration File : /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini

Now you know what php.ini file is loaded.

ssh into the server and use your favorite editing tool (mine is nano) to adjust the php.ini

change the values to meet your preferences.

post_max_size = 128M

upload_max_filesize = 64M

Save and close the file.

Restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart

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check the phpinfo.ini if the new values are as set.

and if they do you are set to go.

Answer 2

I had a fix for PHP-FPM 7.1

Edit your php.ini in

/etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini

Make changes to whatever option you want like, post_max_size, upload_max_filesize, max_execution_time & so...

save & close file.

run

sudo service php7.1-fpm restart

It will work!

Answer 3

I also found that restarting the httpd service didn't pick up changes in the loaded configuration file (/etc/php.ini on Fedora 29). It's worth listing all systemd units and doing a grep for the string "php":

# systemctl list-unit-files | grep php
php-fpm.service

Restarting php-fpm did the trick for me:

# systemctl restart php-fpm

Answer 4

Yeah, Actually I forgot to restart correctly.

sudo service apache2 restart is not enough

first add the configurations to /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini and to /etc/php/7.1/cli/php.ini
#/php/ - then your php version here instead "7.1" ACtually one of these configuration file is the active one (if you want to see what use <?php phpinfo() ?> command in indextest.php file and check it on browser) Then change these parameters on each file with what you want:

post_max_size = 512M
upload_max_filesize = 512M

And then use following command to restart the php server:

sudo service php7.0-fpm restart #php<then your php version here> instead "7.0"

or

sudo /etc/init.d/php7.1-fpm restart  #php<then your php version here> instead "7.1"

Now you should be able to see the changes of upload size. Cheers !

as shown in here you can get to know more about the php server controlls :

$ sudo service php7.0-fpmstart # <- restart it
$ sudo service php7.0-fpm stop # <- restart it
$ sudo service php7.0-fpm restart # <- restart it
$ sudo service php7.0-fpm reload # <- reload it

Answer 5

Most people are forgetting to restart their php via the terminal that's why it isn't working, if you think you've done everything correctly be sure to restart your php & the server.

Answer 6

i fingured out !

in my loaded php.ini config , my error_reporting values is E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT & ~E_DEPRECATED-> this is wrong!, so i changed it to

error_reporting: E_ALL and then restart apache2 server, now everything working fine !

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so please note : if php.ini have any error , it will use default value (which means upload_max_filesize always 2M )