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jonny
Asked: 2011-04-22 05:19:34 +0800 CST

Limit upload file size and redirect user to error page if limit exceeds

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Is it possible to redirect user to file file too big page

when POST request size exceeds specified limit?

I am aware about max-request-size option, but it gives just static page that cannot be overloaded.

I am thinking to create a rewrite rule which takes

content-size from request body as input and redirects to error page

UPDATE

now we use nginx as front-end. Any new suggestions?

upload .htaccess nginx lighttpd httpd.conf

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You should be able to do this using something like:

    server {
  server_name example.com;

  client_max_body_size 10m; # or whatever size limit you want
  error_page 413 /custompage.html; # you can also use a named location here if you like
}
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  2. Don't forget to set post_max_size and upload_max_filesize to corresponding value in php.ini.

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  3. Regarding @quanta post, you can also put a lower value in php and use php to display the error and make the redirection correctly. It can be made in other scripting languages also :-)

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