Request Entity Too Large - Ajax Upload element

[focault]

HI,
I have a list on two of my sites I am making that have an image upload element using the file upload element in the Ajax mode.
On my local host its been working fine but now I have the sites in place on hosting I am working on the blog and testing it and came across an error in both sites on different hosts.
I have checked the php settings and the images I am trying to upload are well within the max upload limits and also well within the Fabrik element max upload size.
I have also tried to use the upload in chunk option but no matter what I do I keep getting this error.

Request Entity Too Large

The requested resource
/halligans/index.php
does not allow request data with GET requests, or the amount of data provided in the request exceeds the capacity limit.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

[rob]

hi -
Does the error occur when you upload the image or when you submit the form?
If its when you submit the form is the form set to submit using Ajax?

 

[focault]

Yes this is happening on the form submit, yes it is set to Ajax uploads.

 

[rob]

sounds like a server setting to me, I double checked and we are posting the data, not sending it via get.
If your server is running nginx then this seems like the solution http://cnedelcu.blogspot.fr/2013/09/nginx-error-413-request-entity-too-large.html

 

[focault]

Hi, The server is Apache not nginx.
I have had the hosting support look at this and they seem to have no clue ;(

 

[cheesegrits]

Really nothing we can do about this. It's a server setting. Very probably the max POST size on your host's PHP settings. Shame your host doesn't know about this new fangled thing called "Google", which lets you search for stuff like "apache request entity too large", and find simple answers like this:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3718571/request-entity-too-large-php

-- hugh

 

[cheesegrits]

See the bit about an htaccess file, which MAY let you override that setting yourself. But I doubt it. Any site that has very restrictive max post / file upload size are usually shared hosts, where they also lock down the config settings so you can't alter them through htaccess directives.

-- hugh

 

[cheesegrits]

Bottom line, if your host won't fix it, and if the htaccess override doesn't work, your only option is either to switch hosts, or move to a Bigger Better plan with your existing host, that doesn't have those restrictions.

-- hugh