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PHP and MySQL

by Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc, Christian Wenz, Tobias Hauser
April 2026
Intermediate
1009 pages
34h 15m
English
Packt Publishing
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13.7    Settings

To conclude the chapter, we present some relevant configuration options for form access.

In the php.ini configuration file, the options listed in Table 13.2 can be set for form handling and file uploads.

Parameters

Description

Default value

file_uploads

Specifies whether file uploads are to be supported

"1"

post_max_size

Maximum size of files transferred via POST

"8M"

upload_max_filesize

Maximum size of the transferred file

"2M"

upload_tmp_dir

Temporary directory for transferred files

NULL

variables_order

Sequence of environment variables, GET, POST, cookie, and server data when parsing

"EGPCS"

max_input_nesting_level

Maximum nesting depth of inputs (especially related ...

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