{"id":61861,"date":"2021-10-28T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=61861"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:30:03","slug":"how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PHP protects server performance by limiting file upload sizes, but the default limit is too low for many modern web applications. You\u2019re likely to encounter this issue when a PHP application displays an error message asking you to increase the PHP max upload file size. There are various ways to increase the upload limit, including editing PHP configuration files directly. In this article, we\u2019ll show you how to adjust PHP upload limits in cPanel &amp; WHM quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is \u201cupload_max_filesize\u201d in PHP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The upload_max_filesize directive is a PHP variable set in the system and local php.ini files and user.ini files. These determine the PHP interpreter\u2019s baseline configuration. As you might expect, upload_max_filesize limits the maximum allowable size of an uploaded file. The PHP default is 2 Megabytes, and you will have to increase it if you want to upload larger files via a PHP web application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also have to adjust other directives, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>post_max_size, which must be larger than upload_max_filesize.<\/li><li>memory_limit, which should be larger than post_max_size.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PHP directive values are expressed in bytes. If you set upload_max_filesize to 1000, the maximum size is 1000 bytes. However, you can also use the shorthand byte values K, M, and G for kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. So, 1000K is 1000 kilobytes and 10G is 10 gigabytes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In cPanel, you can edit PHP directives for locations and domains controlled by your account with the <em>MultiPHP INI Editor<\/em>, which you will find under <em>Software<\/em> in the main page menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the <em>MultiPHP INI<\/em> editor and select a location from the dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/00-cpanel-php-directive-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61865\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll to the entry for upload_max_filesize and edit the associated value. Ensure that the value for post_max_size is larger than upload_max_filesize, and click apply at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/01-cpanel-php-max-upload.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61869\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Change the PHP Max Upload Size in WHM?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whereas cPanel allows you to edit PHP directives in local directories, in WHM you can edit directives in the server\u2019s main php.ini file. This affects all accounts using a particular PHP version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To increase the PHP upload limit in WHM, open <em>MultiPHP INI Editor<\/em> from the <em>Software<\/em> section of the sidebar menu. In the dropdown, select a PHP version. PHP versions have independent configurations, so you must edit the max upload variable for all versions you wish to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/02-whm-max-php-file-upload.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61873\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll to upload_max_filesize and edit the adjacent value before clicking <em>Apply<\/em> at the bottom of the page. Ensure that post_max_size is at least as large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about editing PHP directives and what the customizable directives do, take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cpanel.net\/whm\/software\/multiphp-ini-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MultiPHP INI Editor for WHM<\/a> documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, if you have any feedback or comments, please let us know. We are here to help in the best ways we can. You\u2019ll find us on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.cpanel.net\/discord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discord<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.cpanel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cPanel forums<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit<\/a>. Be sure to also follow us on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHP protects server performance by limiting file upload sizes, but the default limit is too low for many modern web applications. You\u2019re likely to encounter this issue when a PHP application displays an error message asking you to increase the PHP max upload file size. There are various ways to increase the upload limit, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":65837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-knowledge","category-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PHP protects server performance by limiting file upload sizes, but the default limit is too low for many modern web applications. You\u2019re likely to encounter this issue when a PHP application displays an error message asking you to increase the PHP max upload file size. There are various ways to increase the upload limit, including [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"cPanel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cpanel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHP-Max-Upload-Size.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cPanel Community\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cPanel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cPanel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cPanel Community\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/\",\"name\":\"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/8cf97408aad4fb70cf55d11a1d4f57f8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/\",\"name\":\"cPanel\",\"description\":\"Hosting Platform of Choices\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/8cf97408aad4fb70cf55d11a1d4f57f8\",\"name\":\"cPanel Community\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1949945083b5526bb95711bd3d616b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1949945083b5526bb95711bd3d616b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cPanel Community\"},\"description\":\"The web hosting industry's most reliable management solution since 1997. With our first-class support and rich feature set, it's easy to see why our customers and partners make cPanel &amp; WHM their hosting platform of choice. For more information, visit cPanel.net.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/author\/cpadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel","og_description":"PHP protects server performance by limiting file upload sizes, but the default limit is too low for many modern web applications. You\u2019re likely to encounter this issue when a PHP application displays an error message asking you to increase the PHP max upload file size. There are various ways to increase the upload limit, including [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/","og_site_name":"cPanel","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cpanel\/","article_published_time":"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":475,"url":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHP-Max-Upload-Size.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"cPanel Community","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cPanel","twitter_site":"@cPanel","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cPanel Community","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/","url":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/","name":"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae? | cPanel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-28T18:30:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/8cf97408aad4fb70cf55d11a1d4f57f8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/how-to-increase-the-php-max-upload-size-in-cpanel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Increase the PHP Max Upload Size in cPanel\u00ae?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/","name":"cPanel","description":"Hosting Platform of Choices","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/8cf97408aad4fb70cf55d11a1d4f57f8","name":"cPanel Community","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1949945083b5526bb95711bd3d616b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1949945083b5526bb95711bd3d616b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cPanel Community"},"description":"The web hosting industry's most reliable management solution since 1997. With our first-class support and rich feature set, it's easy to see why our customers and partners make cPanel &amp; WHM their hosting platform of choice. For more information, visit cPanel.net.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cpanel.net"],"url":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/author\/cpadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}