configuration - Request Entity Too Large

Question

I get this message,

Request Entity Too Large
The requested resource
/index.php
does not allow request data with POST requests, or the amount of data provided in the request exceeds the capacity limit. 

I set

php_value post_max_size 50M
php_value upload_max_filesize 50M

in .htaccess but not helped

How to overcome this?

Thanks

Answer 1

After you are over the raising of PHP's memory_limit, post_max_size and upload_max_filesize, I would like to recommend you some articles related to the topic, maybe one of them solves the problem.

I found this post on Server Fault:
https://serverfault.com/questions/79741/php-apache-post-limit/79745#79745

• sybreon suggests to double-check the Content-Length, and - citing - "ensure that you are directly connecting to Apache and not through either a proxy or a reverse-proxy. Some reverse-proxies place a cap on the maximum size of a request as a sort of security measure. So, you may want to check that as well as your Apache logs to ensure that nothing else is going on."

• sybreon also posted this link: Apache 413 error problems.
  The following is only applicable if you have mod_ssl module turned on in Apache. (Otherwise this setting can cause a server crash.)
  Citing the article:
  "I was using Apache SSL client certificates, which have a limit of 128K, and if re-negotiation has to happen, a larger POST will fail.
  This Bugzilla posting had the clues - You have to set the following as DEFAULTS for your SSL server, not just the directory.

  SSLVerifyClient require
  

  Otherwise it forces a renegotiation of some sort, and fails with a 413 error."

• The previous article also mentioned the LimitRequestBody directive.
  A guy says here that the appropriate setting of this directive solved his problem..

I hope one of these settings solves this problem!