# Php.ini request **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [December 3, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-ini-request/87083 "2023-12-03T13:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-ini-request/87083/5 "2023-12-04T12:24:37Z")
Why does a social media platform need to upload 100 MB files? The foundation of a social media platform is a place where people can share messages and images. Text messages don’t need any uploading, and images can fit well within the 10 MB file size limit. If you also want to do file sharing or video sharing, you’ll need a higher upload limit. But that also consumes much more storage space and bandwidth, so you’ll need a lot more than a free hosting account to host that. If you’re not ready to pay for big infrastructure yet, you could choose to host video and downloadable files on specialized services. And if this just about being able to install the software, then simply extract the archive locally and upload the extracted folder instead of trying to upload the archive and extract it on the server. > [@How to upload big files / archives](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-upload-big-files-archives/49305): > > InfinityFree has a file size limit of 10 MB on all servers. You cannot upload files larger than 10 MB. Installing large scripts A particular software package may be larger than 10 MB in size. Because of this limit, you cannot upload the archive directly and have it extracted on the server. However, you can easily upload the contents manually. To do so, you will first need a good FTP file manager for your desktop and setup an FTP connection. See the [how to upload files with FTP](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-upload-files-with-ftp/49306) article for more… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-ini-request/87083)._