Topic-icon Upgrade issue for v6.2.4

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11 years 5 months ago #49952 by tmsrDD
Wensite: http:// oakcreekwatershed.org
Upgrading from v6.2.3 to v6.2.4. Failed. Full message:
Error
There was an error uploading this file to the server.
Maximum PHP file upload size is too small: This is set in php.ini in both upload_max_filesize and post_max_size settings of your PHP settings (located in php.ini and/or .htaccess file)

Please advise. If I have to modify the php.ini file, I need to know exactly what to set those parameters to and understand the implications of doing so.

Thank you,
tmsrDD
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11 years 5 months ago #49958 by alzander
Replied by alzander on topic Upgrade issue for v6.2.4
JFBConnect v6.2.4 was the release that finally broke the 2MB mark. We've been trying hard to keep it under that level, but it was finally too difficult to do. If you're seeing that error, it means that your PHP upload limit is set to 2MB.

There's a few ways to solve:
* You can configure Joomla to use the FTP uploader. That's done by setting your FTP credentials in the Joomla Global Configuration area. This is the simplest way and Joomla has this ability built-in for just this type of scenario.
* Edit the php.ini file. The settings you should need would be:
upload_max_filesize="3M"
post_max_size="3M"
For more information on those, or any other ini settings, see:
php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php

The implications are that your site will accept uploads of up to 3MB. This shouldn't be a problem, but the larger you set that value, the large files users could upload (like photos) to your site. However, you shouldn't be using PHP restrictions to prevent that and using options in your extensions to prevent too large of uploads as it would be handled much more gracefully there.

I hope that helps,
Alex
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11 years 5 months ago #49973 by tmsrDD
Replied by tmsrDD on topic Upgrade issue for v6.2.4
I used the method of increasing the upload limits in the php.ini file to those you suggested and then ran the update in Joomla fine.

With the concerns over the higher limit, I then deleted those lines after upgrade.

However, does this will mean I must increase the limit for all future JFB Connect updates?

Thank you for getting me this far,
tmsrDD
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11 years 5 months ago #49977 by mel
Replied by mel on topic Upgrade issue for v6.2.4
Glad to hear you got it installed properly. Unless the size of JFBConnect manages to get below that size limit for future releases again, then yes, you will need to perform the same steps to install in the future.

-Melissa
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