lifting php limits

ttavoy

I want to enable my non-technical friend to send me some (typically large) files from his windows pc. All of the file transfer apps which I've found insist on authenticating the user by phone number or by sending email to an email address supplied by the user. My non-technical friend refuses to do that.

Therefore I've resorted to writing a very simple pair of files (one html and one php) which let the user choose a file on his pc and which upload the chosen file to my website.

Initially it worked only for small files, but I then made it work for files up to about 100 MB by adding a .user.ini file which says:

memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 254M

But there is still a cut-off point around 100M beyond which files do not upload.

Is there some further php limit that I need to increase, or is the problem deeper?

nick

ttavoy Hello, the issue could be related to timeouts.

Consider adding this in addition to the .user.ini file in your NGINX/PHP-FPM application.

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 300

If issues persist, feel free to open a support ticket.

Though I think providing them with SFTP access, or using a cloud storage solution would be better for what you are trying to achieve. Hope this helps.

ttavoy

"providing them with SFTP access, or using a cloud storage solution would be better ..."

Well I'm not sure. Imagine this: a window with just one button and just one text area on it.

Initial state: text area says "ready", and button says "click here to choose file to upload" which invokes the browser's inbuilt file picker

Second state: text area says "upload myfile.dat?", and button says "click here to start upload"

Third state: text area says "uploading myfile.dat", and button says "click here to cancel upload"

Fourth state: text area says "successfully uploaded myfile.dat", and button says "upload another file?"

How can that possibly be worse than another solution?

nick

ttavoy Just to be clear, free-access PHP upload scripts can be difficult to secure and are prone to abuse if there’s no authentication in place, so they’re not recommended. Once authentication is set up, the solutions I mentioned earlier could work in a smoother, more efficient way.

That said, we also support hosted options like Nextcloud, which provides a simple and secure file drop solution. It's available as an application installer from the dashboard.

I think there are other cloud solutions that provide similar tools, such as Google Forms uploads or Dropbox File Requests.

aa11

Also, possibly:

💾🎉 copyparty: upload
"drag files/folders into the web-browser to upload"