cannot upload file because of size

Question

I'm trying to upload a file using PHP! I've tried uploading PNG,JPG,PDF,TXT files, these uploads only works when the file size is around 20kb. When I try to upload files where its size is around 150KB, it prints $_FILE error = 3 and the file name lets say '1234.png' where the tmp_name is empty and the image itself as well! here's my code

ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(-1);

$imageTmp = addslashes($_FILES['image']['tmp_name']);
//$imageTmp = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'];
$imageOldName = addslashes($_FILES['image']['name']);
$imageData = file_get_contents($imageTmp);
//$imageData = base64_encode($imageTmp);

echo 'image temp name: '. $imageTmp .' ';
echo 'error: '. $_FILES['image']['error']. ' ';
echo 'image name: '. $imageOldName. ' ';
echo 'image data: '. $imageData. ' ';
echo 'image type:'. $_FILES['image']['type'];
echo "<pre>";
echo "POST:";
print_r($_POST);
echo "FILES:";
print_r($_FILES);
echo "</pre>";


$inipath = php_ini_loaded_file();

if ($inipath) {
echo 'Loaded php.ini: ' . $inipath;
} else {
echo 'A php.ini file is not loaded';
}

I've tried multiple solutions such as changing the values of post_max_size = 200M and upload_max_filesize = 200M instead of 32M

Here's is the result of trying to upload txt file 4KB:

image temp name: /Applications/MAMP/tmp/php/phpOc7d6a error: 0 
image Name: test.txt image data: hello image type:text/plain
POST:Array
(
[submit] => Record Test
)
FILES:Array
(
[image] => Array
    (
        [name] => test.txt
        [type] => text/plain
        [tmp_name] => /Applications/MAMP/tmp/php/phpOc7d6a
        [error] => 0
        [size] => 405
    )

  )  
  Loaded php.ini: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini

the result of uploading PNG file 127KB:

Warning: file_get_contents(): Filename cannot be empty in path/test1.php on line 10 image temp name: error: 3 image name: IMG_8807.JPG image data: image type:

POST:Array
(
)
FILES:Array
(
[image] => Array
    (
        [name] => IMG_8807.JPG
        [type] => 
        [tmp_name] => 
        [error] => 3
        [size] => 0
    )

)
Loaded php.ini: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini

BTW, after a failed upload, the server crashes and display 502 Gateway and I have to restart the Apache!

What are the settings for max upload file size in your php.ini? Are you sure you changed the right php.ini? Did you restart Apache after you made the change? — Jay Blanchard
do you get the value of upload_max_filesize as 200M when you call phpinfo(). — Anish Silwal
@JayBlanchard upload_max_filesize = 200M, the reason i echoed the inipath was to make sure i'm editing the right one ,yes restarted apache afterward — Nawaf Altharwy

Jesse Jesse · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-16T15:43:17

As php documentation says:

UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL is given when the mime boundary is not found after the file data. 
A possibly cause for this is that the upload was cancelled by the user (pressed ESC, etc).

Maybe:

Permissions are wrong
Not enough free space on server.
Uploading from iOS.
This error can occur when uploading a folder due to browser limitations. Happens on Mac OS X.

These are some things you could try. Hope this helps.

cannot upload file because of size

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