Drupal'due south limits on upload file size are adamant past the settings in your content types (paradigm, video, file, etc.) AND by your server's PHP settings ). The default values for PHP volition restrict y'all to a maximum 2 MB upload file size.

On the settings page for the upload module, Drupal calculates and displays the maximum file size that you can ready based upon two PHP settings: 'post_max_size' and 'upload_max_filesize'. Since 'post_max_size' is the limit for all the content of your post, many people choose 'post_max_size' to be a multiple of 'upload_max_filesize' to allow multiple files to exist uploaded, but this is not essential. The upload module limits the size of a single attachment to be less than either post_max_size, or upload_max_filesize, whichever is smaller. The default PHP values are two MB for upload_max_filesize, and 8 MB for post_max_size.

Depending on your host, changing these two PHP variables can be done in a number of places with the virtually probable being PHP php.ini file or .htaccess file. (depending on your hosting situation). In the following example we increase the limit on uploaded files to 10 MB and the limit per mail service on 50 MB.

Solution

Step 1: Observe out your PHP configuration

The steps in updating the values listed in your PHP info page depend on how PHP is setup on your detail server. In full general, PHP runs on our servers as either:

- Apache module
- CGI Module

To notice out how PHP is configured on your server, create a PHP info page (via the instructions in How can I see my php settings) and wait at the "Server API"' value. If the "Server API" is "CGI", and then PHP is running as "CGI module". If "Apache" is listed, so your server is running PHP as an "Apache module".

Footstep 2: Server API: Apache .htaccess file

If your server runs PHP equally an "Apache module", you can update your PHP settings via a .htaccess file. A .htaccess file is a configuration file you tin create and use to update many server settings, including PHP settings. The bones syntax to use in your .htaccess file for updating PHP settings is:

php_value Directive value

In our case we add together/change the following to your .htaccess file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M php_value post_max_size 50M

Later making this change, refresh your PHP info page, and you should see the changes. If you lot receive a 500 error, please double check the syntax y'all used as yous may have made a misspelling.

If you don't accept a .htaccess file, y'all can only create a new file named .htaccess. As the .htaccess file begins with a dot (.), it is considered a hidden file. If yous are using the cPanel's File Managing director, delight be certain to select the option to Show Hidden Files (dotfiles), otherwise yous will not be able to see your .htaccess file. If you practise non see this prompt when opening your File Managing director, click the, "reset all interface settings" link at the bottom of your cPanel to reset your File Manager settings.

Step iii: Server API CGI php.ini file

If your server runs PHP as a CGI module, you tin update your local php.ini file in order to make modifications to your PHP setup. php.ini is a PHP configuration file with a list of PHP directives and their values. If you open your php.ini file and search for max_input_time, yous should see something similar to:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Resource Limits ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;  upload_max_filesize = 2M post_max_size = 2M

In our case we change/add the following:

upload_max_filesize = 10M post_max_size = 50M

How to increase the file upload size in your php.ini or .htaccess file?

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