https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: File size error message? en Mon, 04 May 2026 01:26:39 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-6216 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:49:11 +0000 Jackson 6216@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I figure it out at last.... I should NOT set the post_max_size in php.ini </p> <p>Just modify the config.php, common-validator.php, and post-function.php</p> <p>Thank you so much. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-6199 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:13:45 +0000 Jackson 6199@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I must be missing something... what I've done is:</p> <p>- insert into config.php<br /> ini_set('post_max_size', '100000');<br /> ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '100000'); </p> <p>- insert into php.ini<br /> post_max_size = 100000<br /> upload_max_filesize = 100000</p> <p>- edit the includes/common-validator<br /> inserted the above code</p> <p>- edit includes/post-function.php<br /> inserted the above code</p> <p>Yes the php.ini stops any files larger than 100kb from uploading, but still no error message. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-6194 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:34:16 +0000 redityo 6194@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hmmm .. you should put those code in "config.php" file </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-6188 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:58:08 +0000 Jackson 6188@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>May I ask where to find the settings.php so that I can insert the two lines of code?<br /> ini_set('post_max_size', '100000');<br /> ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '100000'); </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-4097 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:00:05 +0000 NLA 4097@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thank you very much. That worked great. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-4089 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:27:34 +0000 redityo 4089@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>You can add another validation by editing some files, but you still need to set "post_max_size" value.<br /> First Edit your "includes/common-validator.php" and add these code around line 29 :</p> <pre><code>//validation for required file function validate_max_file($value){ $error_message = &quot;You can not upload more that 2 Kb&quot;; $element_file = $value[0]; if($_FILES[$element_file][&#39;size&#39;] &lt; 2000){ return true; }else{ return $error_message; } }</code></pre> <p>after that, edit your "includes/post-function.php" and search around line 804, you will see these code :</p> <pre><code>$rules[$element_name][&#39;filetype&#39;] = true;</code></pre> <p> exactly below that code , add this code :</p> <pre><code>$rules[$element_name][&#39;max_file&#39;] = true;</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/file-size-error-message#post-4082 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:20:25 +0000 NLA 4082@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I searched forum and found fix to limit file types in config.php. I'm now looking for fix for max file size. I tried several of the answers and was only able to get it to work by creating a php.ini file, and then uploading it to the root of install. The file contains the following:</p> <p>-----------</p> <p>php.ini file:<br /> post_max_size = 100000<br /> upload_max_filesize = 100000</p> <p>settings.php:<br /> ini_set('post_max_size', '100000');<br /> ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '100000');</p> <p>-----------</p> <p>It stops larger files from uploading, but no error message is displayed like when wrong file type is used. It just returns user back to the form with uploads field blank. I don't have access to php.ini on server, and that is why I created one to put in Machform directory.</p> <p>Any ideas on how to return an error message to the user within the form?</p> <p>Otherwise the software works great and I am glad I found your site. Thanks. </p>