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Bug #20404 I get "cannot find server" with file upload (>1.5M)
Submitted: 2002-11-12 17:13 UTC Modified: 2002-11-13 10:01 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.9
Reproduced:3 of 4 (75.0%)
Same Version:3 (100.0%)
Same OS:3 (100.0%)
From: gedl at rnl dot ist dot utl dot pt Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Apache2 related
PHP Version: 4.2.2 OS: Linux 2.4.19
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-12 17:13 UTC] gedl at rnl dot ist dot utl dot pt 
When I try to upload a file bigger than 1.5M (no matter if text or binary) i get a "cannot find server" message in Internet Explorer 6.0.
I don't have a clue if this is a Web Server error (apache 2.0) or what...
It works fine with small files.

My php configure line is (LONG !)

'./configure' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--prefix=/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--disable-debug' '--enable-pic' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-bz2' '--with-db3' '--with-curl' '--with-dom=/usr' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-ttf' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-ncurses' '--with-gmp' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-png' '--with-pspell' '--with-regex=system' '--with-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-yp' '--enable-wddx' '--without-oci8' '--with-pear=/usr/share/pear' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl' '--with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos' '--with-ldap=shared' '--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-snmp=shared,/usr' '--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-ucd-snmp-hack' '--with-unixODBC=shared' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-dio' '--enable-mcal' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs'

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 [2002-11-12 18:35 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip
 [2002-11-12 19:34 UTC] esunl at 163 dot com 
I am a jackeroo.
 [2002-11-12 19:39 UTC] esunl at 163 dot com 
I am a jackeroo
 [2002-11-13 03:02 UTC] gedl at rnl dot ist dot utl dot pt 
"I am a jackeroo"

This is a serious problem... didn't God give you something to play with ?
 [2002-11-13 03:05 UTC] gedl at rnl dot ist dot utl dot pt 
Sniper: I am not allowed to install a different version of PHP.
I did notice that Mozilla gives me the "POST TO LONG" screen.
My post_max_size is 8M and I tried to sumbit a 3M file.
Weird isn't it ?
 [2002-11-13 03:39 UTC] gedl at rnl dot ist dot utl dot pt 
I have just realized that the problem is propably from APACHE
Requested content-length of 41781635 is larger than the configured limit of 524288, referer: XXXX

But I have LimitRequestBody set to 0

Anyone knows anything about this ?
 [2002-11-13 10:01 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. 

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

This indeed looks like a possible apache problem. Keep in mind that PHP also has 2 settings that may prevent files above certain size from being uploaded:
post_max_size = Maximum POST request size
upload_max_filesize = Maximum uploaded file size
max_input_time = Maximum amount of time the script may spend parsing POST/GET/COOKIE request.
 
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