PHP post_max_size overrides upload_max_filesize

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upload_max_filesize is the limit of any single file.
post_max_size is the limit of the entire body of the request, which could include multiple files.

Given post_max_size = 20M and upload_max_filesize = 6M you could upload up to 3 files of 6M each. If instead post_max_size = 6M and upload_max_filesize = 20M then you could only upload one 6M file before hitting post_max_size. It doesn’t help to have upload_max_size > post_max_size.

It’s not obvious how to recognize going over post_max_size. $_POST and $_FILES will be empty, but $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] will be > 0. If the client just didn’t upload any post variables or files, then $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'] will be 0.

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