Large .PDF Files Not Uploading To MySQL Database as Medium BLOB Via PHP, Files under 2MB Work Fine

Question

I am developing a PHP script for uploading .PDF documents as medium BLOBs into a MySQL database via PHP. The script also allows users to search for files and open/download

Answer 1

If you're trying to do this on shared hosting (where you can't make changes to MySQL conf files, etc), Google 'mysqli prepared statements'.

This allows you to upload large queries in predefined byte chunks, circumventing any buffer restrictions.