Request Entity Too Large Solution

Stumbled across this issue of request entity too large when trying a script on server is trying to upload large files.  This referrers to  Apache/NGINX/IIS servers running PHP.


The solution seems to lie in the change the following variables.

memory_limit =128M
post_max_size = 96M
upload_max_filesize = 64M

Test and increase the above variables slowly by 16/32M increments to ensure your web hosting can handled

If you are on NGINX you will need to adjust client_max_body_size in the http block of the config file

The error,  '413 Request Entity Too Large'.

http {
    #...
        client_max_body_size 128m;
    #...
}


Note 'post_max_size integer' sets max size of post data allowed. This setting also affects file upload. To upload large files, this value must be larger than 'upload_max_filesize'. Generally speaking, 'memory_limit' should be larger than 'post_max_size'.

You might also want to increase the max-execution-time. Note however you server configurations, i.e. timeouts, might interrupt executions.