File validation failing on larger files.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=upload_max_filesize+php

You need to change your PHP settings to allow for larger uploads. PHP has limits on these for a number of things. POST size, upload size etc

Edit: /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini and change these values to something sensible.

NOTE: post_max_size should be larger than upload_max_filesize, this is what I use on normal sites (large forum with uploads).

; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
; Its value may be 0 to disable the limit. It is ignored if POST data reading
; is disabled through enable_post_data_reading.
; http://php.net/post-max-size
post_max_size = 125M

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 100M

; Maximum number of files that can be uploaded via a single request
max_file_uploads = 20

@bashy Huh, so I guess I was just misunderstanding. I thought the validation would cut it off before PHP even got to the point of determining its size, but on second thought I suppose that may not make any sense.

edit: Also, thank you for your reply. It is appreciated. I'm going to try this out now.

Regardless, if you have upload_max_filesize set to 1M and you try POST a file which is 5MB, it won't even get to Laravel. Every file uploaded will go into the tmp folder, obviously it has to store it to process it.

@bashy Great point. I don't have a ton of experience with dealing with file uploads so this has been a great lesson. Appreciate the help!

Not a problem, spent years learning about file uploads and POST data along with security. There's a hell of a lot to learn and I'm always learning new things!

For those that show up to read this a year after, along with server side validation you can validate on the front-end so the user doesn't have to wait for it to upload and fail.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3717793/javascript-file-upload-size-validation

And don't forget to restart your xampp or wamp after changing your php.ini

@bashy so my conclusion based on your conversation is, we always need to do client side check to make sure the files don't exceed post_max_size because chances are user can still try to upload files larger than post_max_size. Am I correct?

@fahmi The client can't upload more than the PHP limit set but it's always good to do client side validation to help give errors to normal users.

I have just edited my php.ini on php 7 for a live server .. do I need to run some command to init the changes? I am still getting the same FileException in UploadedFile.php line 235: The file "11111.jpg" exceeds your upload_max_filesize ini directive (limit is 2048 KiB).

Also, what is the point of making similar edits on ngix.conf?

using file chunk method , chunk 50 mb files divide by 2mb,2mb,2mb..like this.. is this possible to upload file like this in laraval & jquery? without changing php.ini configuration @bashy @fahmi

@bashy I have made the changes to my php.ini file and restarted wamp and then shutdown and restarted my system. Issue is that I'm still getting the error

The file "20161118_120328.jpg" exceeds your upload_max_filesize ini directive (limit is 2048 KiB).

Inside my php.ini file, here are the edits

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 100M

; Maximum number of files that can be uploaded via a single request
max_file_uploads = 20

; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
; Its value may be 0 to disable the limit. It is ignored if POST data reading
; is disabled through enable_post_data_reading.
; http://php.net/post-max-size
post_max_size = 125M

I have no idea why the changes won't work.

@elo

1. Confirm with phpinfo() in a file via the web.
2. Check nginx (if you use it) as that has limits too.

check if you change php.ini of your correct version of php . i have same problem with my wamp , when i change 'max_file_uploads = 20' it changes my php5 ini file but i use php7 .