No error when uploading a really big file in PHP?

Question

I have a PHP form for uploading files and it works fine and displays an error message if something went wrong. This is all good.

The problem is when I test with a really

Answer 1

you can not know the size of the file that is being uploaded, until it gets fully uploaded. so if you want to determine the file size, and then show an error for large files, first you must have the file uploaded, then check the file size. inorder to have a large file uploaded, you should set 2 settings in your php configuration file, php.ini. open it up and search for "upload_max_filesize" and set the value to maximum value you want. then you must set the maximum value for POST parameters, because uploaded files are recieved via HTTP POST method. find "post_max_size" and set it to a large value to.