I noticed that my site is now running PHP 8.2.11 and also noticed this
PHP max_file_size is 20MB
should this be limited to 10MB ? or am I misunderstanding something here
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There are 2 settings:
One in php.ini and one in Apache (httpd.conf)
The Apache config overrides the PHP setting.
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so does this mean that php will allow a file of 20MB to be uploaded just for server to then delete it ?
Yeah, php tries to upload the file and then gives an error about Apache file size being set lower. The upload will fail.
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would it not be better to configure this php value to 10MB instead of 20MB ?
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It’s probably the default setting for PHP.
You have to do error handling in php on file uploads. I like to do client side file size checks with Javascript to avoid wasting resources.
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it may possibly be the default, I think it would be better for the server if this was changed to 10MB
I agree
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Not every uploaded file gets put on disk as-is. With these increased limits, you could upload a 16 MB ZIP file, extract it with PHP and write the extracted files to disk. This is especially useful for things like script/theme/plugin installations.
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