Joomla! 3.7.1 - Possible issue with changing the max upload file size

[wiremu]

Hello, this morning I upgrade one of my Joomla sites from version 3.70 to 3.7.1. I then attempted to update an extension that was larger than the standard 2MB maximum upload file size. So as I always do in this situation, I added to my php.ini file;
upload_max_filesize=6M;
post_max_size=7M;

I then refreshed my browser and attempted to upload my 3MB extension, but the change I had made to the file size upload in php.ini was ignored, it showed the maximum size was still 2MB! I cleared my cache and retried, but still had the same problem. I then contacted my hosting company and they increased the upload size via the php settings in cPanel to 64MB. After clearing the cache, I retried the upload but the Joomla administrator still showed the maximum size was still 2MB.

As a further test, using another Joomla site I had also upgraded to from version 3.70 to 3.7.1 this morning that had it's max file upload set to 6MB in php.ini, I modified the maximum file size in php.ini to 10MB, then went into the option to upload an extension to see if the value of the maximum upload had changed. It remained at 6MB, not 10MB Help

[dagroupinc]

Same issue here. We have both the htaccess and php.ini file set to much higher levels but Joomla is limiting extension file uploads to 2mb

[ribo]

Joomla is not limited php values. Please ask your host why do you have this issue. Maybe you need to restart apache, maybe there is another issue in your server.

[JAVesey]

Agreed. This is something that you will need to resolve with your hosting provider.

Notwithstanding the above, have you tried also adding a copy of your php.ini file to your /administrator folder as well? Sometimes this works...