File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back End OK

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File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back End OK

Post by tozbolt » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:20 pm

My users can't upload files greater than 1M on the Front End. I contacted my hosting provider and they increased the upload_max_filesize limit to 5M via php.ini as follows:

upload_max_filesize = 5M
post_max_size = 5M
max_execution_time = 360
max_input_time = 120
register_globals = Off

Also, added the following to .htaccess which causes the php.ini file to affect all subfolders:
suPHP_ConfigPath /home/orrvi3/public_html/

I confirmed the changes by going to the back end and looking at Help-->System Info-->PHP Information. I then tried uploading a 4.8M file via the Media Manager in the back end and was successful.

I then went to the front end and logged in as a user. I tried creating a new article using JCE editor and attempted to upload the same 4.8M file. I got the error message "File size exceeds maximum allowed size." I tested other files of various sizes and found that I can only upload files if they are less than 1M. Anything greater causes the same error.

Joomla v1.5.18; PHP v5.2.9

I'm looking for some suggestions and direction.

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by Alex Dobrin » Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:19 am

Look into the administrator page, "Global configuration", "System" tab, "Maximum Size (in bytes)" field.
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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by tozbolt » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:10 pm

That was the first thing I checked when the problem surfaced. It's set at 10M.

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by tozbolt » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:00 am

Tried resetting Global Config to 0 and to 5000000. Still can't upload files greater than 1M on Front End. Back End works OK.

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by maggiemarie » Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:14 pm

If you have JCE or another component installed it may be overriding Joomla's Global Configuration setting.

At least that is what happened on my site.

To remedy this in the Backend...

1. Select "Groups" in the JCE component.
2. Edit the enabled group. (In my case I hadn't set up a group so I accessed the "Default" group.
3. Select "Editor Parameters" heading.
4. Scroll down to "Plugin Options". You'll see your server's max file upload, and you'll see your setting. Mine was set to 1024 KB. I changed that to 10240 KB (10MB) to equal what I have Joomla! Global Config set to.

Good Luck! Hope it helps someone!

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by tozbolt » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:19 pm

Fixed! Thank you maggiemarie. JCE settings were indeed overriding global settings.

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by thirdestate » Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:16 am

I looked everywhere for a solution to this very frustrating problem. Thanks again @maggiemarie.

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by mohihassan » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:40 pm

Thank you so much maggiemarie your instruction solved a frustrating problem I'd been trying to solve the all day ...... thank you very much ........

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by hyggestedetdk » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 am

Thanks to maggiemarie!!! Was getting crazy about this... :-)

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by cubachui » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:59 pm

My solution for JCE File size exceeds

In JCE Administration > Groups > Default > Editor Parameters > Upload file size

If you need more put one php.ini in folder administrator with the text
upload_max_filesize = 1024M
post_max_size = 1024M

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by WarnerP » Tue May 03, 2011 6:49 pm

We've got a similar issue. We are getting the "File size exceeds maximum allowed size" message while trying to upload a 3MB PDF file using the JCE Editor with Flexicontent. We've got the "Front End" group disabled and are just using the "Default" group. Just in case, I set both of them to the PHP Max_Upload_SIze of 25600KB. It does work uploading through the Media Manager and through FTP. It's just through the JCE that we seem to be having issues. I've even tried it as a super admin and tried logging in and out a few times. Is there any other place that I should be looking?

Site>System>Global Config>media settings>maximum size set at 50000000 bytes
flexicontent>Global Config>Files Configuration>maximum size set to 25600000 (bytes?)
JCE admin>config>groups>Default>edit parameters>plugin options>25600KB
(disabled group) JCE admin>config>groups>Front End>edit parameters>plugin options>25600KB
Post_max_size = 25M
Max_Upload_Size 25M
max_execution_time = 30
max_input_time = 60
register_globals = Off

Joomla 1.5.22
JCE 1.5.7.7
Flexicontent 1.5.3c

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back En

Post by RustyJoomla » Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:01 pm

Thanks @maggiemarie
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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back End OK

Post by weberos » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:46 pm

funciono!!! muchas gracias, me pase 4 horas con el soporte de mi hosting y al final se dieron por vencidos

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Re: File Size Upload limitd to 1M on Front End only, Back End OK

Post by rizov_vladimir » Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:19 am

Thank you, maggiemarie. It is the right solution.


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