new limit within php: 1000 fields per POST. Does someone know, if the number can be influenced?

Question

In newer PHP-Versions the count of input-fileds per formula (POST) will be limited to 1000 (unverified information). It seams that this limit is already installed in certain builds of 5.2. This causes a lot of problems at our online shop.

Does someone know more about it and if this limit could be influenced by parameters or Vars. I just found max_input_vars, but it seems to be a complete new var of 5.4.RC4 And I'm not sure, if this var will be the one for the POST method.

Answer 1

max_input_vars

is an attempt for PHP to solve some security issues and when set, it limits your number of inputs (thus, fields in your forms). Also beware of

max_input_nesting_level

And yes - they are configurable. Just edit your php.ini or htaccess values.