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Asked: 2011-02-18 04:42:50 +0800 CST

500 Internal Server Error when uploading large files to MediaWiki

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When I upload a large (>245 Mb) file to my MediaWiki wiki (using Upload file, same as for images), I see:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

This is a .avi file. I have set this as a permissible file type in LocalSettings.php.

How can I solve this? Is there a time out for uploading files (though this takes less than 10 seconds)?

Increasing the memory to 1024M did not work:

ini_set( 'memory_limit', '1024M' );

upload files timeout configuration mediawiki

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    check upload_max_filesize in /etc/php.ini

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  2. Solved - it appears that this was in php.ini:

    upload_max_filesize = 2M
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  3. check out the directory to which these image files are being uploaded has enough permissions, i dont suspect its timeout problem , the file size is not so big , its something to do with script which is handling this upload and writing to server in some dire

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