upload_max_filesize unchangeable?

[softstein]

Hello!

I am running into problems changing upload_max_filesize on a Debian Squeeze Ispconfig3 installation (which works like a charm btw .
Normally this should be a rather trivial task, but as it turns out it is not:

I am running a website under FastCGI with SuExec.

In /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini I changed:
upload_max_filesize = 20M
memory_limit = 129M

(i made these changes to all php.ini's (mod_apache,cgi,cli) as well to make sure).

Nevertheless Apache remains unimpressed by my changes, all values still remain default (upload_max_filesize 2M, memory_limit 128M). # apache2ctl restart makes no difference.
Interestingly, however AllowOverride All is set properly, I cannot even override the values with ini_set(...) neither.

Now I am really running out of ideas. Has anybody any idea where I am missing the point?

Any idea/help is very appreciated!

[kwickcut]

did you restart apache if not then try that

i know with ubuntu there are 3 locations, and ubuntu is a spin off of Debian Squeeze so maybe its the same check the following and see all should be set the same

/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
/etc/php5/cgi/php.ini
/etc/php5/cli/php.ini

[softstein]

Yes kwickcut, I did restart the apache. no effect. And I changed the value in all three php.ini's. No effect either.

But meanwhile I found other workarounds. They do not work on global scope but that's better than no scope at all

#1: pimping the starter script (in this case /home/www/php-fcgi-scripts/web2/.php-fcgi-starter ) so that it reads (mind the last line before $1)

#!/bin/sh
PHPRC="/var/www/conf/web2"
export PHPRC
PHP_DOCUMENT_ROOT="/var/www/clients/client1/web2"
export PHP_DOCUMENT_ROOT
# The variable PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN is onyl useful for lighty or nginx as apache
# mod_fcgi will control the number of childs themself and never use the additional processes.
# PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=8
# export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=5000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS
exec /usr/bin/php-cgi \
 -d open_basedir="/var/www/clients/client1/web2/web:/var/www/clients/client1/web2/tmp:/usr/share/php5:/tmp:/usr/share/typo3" \
-d upload_tmp_dir=/var/www/clients/client1/web2/tmp \
-d session.save_path=/var/www/clients/client1/web2/tmp \
-d upload_max_filesize=20M \
 $1

or, way more elegantly

#2: using .user.ini
by creating a file .user.ini in the web/ folder (should be found automatically) which contains

upload_max_filesize=20M

And that's just it. Hope it helps anyone.

[till]

You have set some custom php.ini values in the php.ini field in ispconfig, so this website uses its own php.ini. The recommended solution for your problem is to add:

upload_max_filesize=20M

in the php.ini field in the website settings.

Altering the fcgi starter script will not last long as your changes will get removed and adding a user ini file can be used but why adding a third config option when everything is available from within the ispconfig interface without editing any files

[softstein]

Hello Till, thanks for your help.
I tried this in the first place. But setting something in the php.ini field does surely work if you use apache_mod.

But with FastCGI it seems there is no effect (at least in my installation).

[till]

I tried this in the first place. But setting something in the php.ini field does surely work if you use apache_mod.

No,you mix up two fields here: for mod_php, you add the settings in the apache directives field, not the php.ini field. mod_php does not support separate php.ini files for each vhost, so you have to set the values inside the vhost file (apache directives field) as php_admin_value and php_admin_flag settings and not in a custom php.ini.

But with FastCGI it seems there is no effect (at least in my installation).

The php.ini field is especially for fastcgi. Maybe you you did not wait until the changes were written to disk (which take at least one minute, see jobqueue in moinitor) or you entered the values as php_dmin_flag or php_admin_value instead of the normal php.ini file format.. The values of the php.ini field are written to a php.ini file in the directory /var/www/conf/web2/ and this directory is set in the fcgi strater script:

PHPRC="/var/www/conf/web2"