How to increase and set upload size to 100MB in PHP-Apache

• 24 May 2017
• by: Alex
• in: Linux
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I am using Apache with mod_php on Debian/Ubuntu Linux server. How do I increase file upload size limit in PHP-Apache app from default 2MB to 100MB?

You need to edit the file called /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini.

Increase file upload size limit in PHP-Apache

Type the following command to edit the php.ini:
$ sudo vi /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
Find and set the following two values:
post_max_size = 100M
upload_max_filesize = 100M
Save and close the file. Where,

1. post_max_size = 100M :
2. upload_max_filesize = 100M : Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.

Restart Apache server

Type the following command to restart the Apache2 server:
$ sudo service apache2 restart
OR
$ systemctl restart apache2.service
Now you should able to upload file up to 100MB: