Cannot Change Max Upload Size in File Field From 8mb [closed]

Question

I have made changes to etc/php5/apache2/php.ini to increase max file upload size to 100mb but when I try to raise or lower the file upload size when creating a file field in a content type, it says that the current limit 8 MB even though the field saves the previous input. Anyone have any experience with this issue and could provide a solution?

Answer 1

There are three variables in php.ini that could be limiting your upload size.

Look for the following in php.ini:

memory_limit = 32M
upload_max_filesize = 10M
post_max_size = 20M

I imagine one of these is set to 8M in your case.

Also, you will most likely have to restart apache after making the change to php.ini.

Answer 2

While working with Drupal site, to increase/decrease memory of PHP, you can use

ini_set('memory_limit','100M');

in the settings.php file.

You can verify the memory limit by going to Status Report of your site, i.e. admin/reports/status where you can see PHP Version, PHP Memory Limit, etc.