File uploads stop with some files

The error message suggests the memory_limit setting in php.ini is 256Mb. You should increase this to a more appropriate setting for your server and the size of files you wish to upload.

@longwave, thanks... though with a phpinfo() I see the value for memory_limit is 1024M. Besides the problem is not strictly related to the size of the file. I could successfully upload a file larger than 400 MB and I couldn't with smaller files. In general the upload goes however OK with files slightly below 200 MB in size.

Have you tried setting a higher memory_limit? "Out of memory" is just that, and there is nothing that Drupal can do about it; this is a PHP configuration issue.

Premise: I notice when I comment the priority of the issue is reverted back to "critical", but that's not me, that's something automatic.

@longwave, not phpinfo says memory_limit is 2048M, twice the previous value, but the problem is still there.

: Out of memory (allocated 14680064) (tried to allocate 224396424 bytes) in on line

Something about the file follows - coming from "ls -l").

-rw-rw-r-- 1 andrea andrea 224396398 mar 25 00:24 video.mp4

Did you see perhaps anything strange in the numbers?

Please notice the update I made in my post. Mysteriously - for now - I could repeatedly upload one particular file that is more than 400 MB in size. This is puzzling, isn't it?

Thanks in advance!

Andrea

Thanks in advance!

Andrea

--- UPDATE ---
I've just set up a local instance of the website on the PC I'm using.

In php.ini I didn't change the following setting I found there.

memory_limit = 128M

Result: I have no problems in uploading big files.

So where does that "out of memory" come from on the shared hosting environment?

Thanks in advance!

Andrea

This is documented in https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/managing-site-performance-and-scalability/... →

This is a PHP configuration issue, not Drupal.

@cilefen, as far as I could see it's a matter of upload_max_filesize, post_max_size and memory_limit, but shouldn't I trust what a phpinfo displays for their values? I'm pretty sure the values I've set for those parameters are enough for the uploads I've in mind.

The "out of memory" occurs at line 76 of core/lib/Drupal/Core/File/FileSystem.php.

Here's what is at line 76...

$result = @move_uploaded_file($filename, $uri);

I took my time to copy from the web and paste some html and some php code to upload a file with a POST request.
Curiously enough with that code I could successfully upload a file I could not upload with the Drupal form.
And that code contains the function move_uploaded_file.

This is puzzling to me. I don't mean to argue about any responsibility of Drupal. I kept on writing because I hope to get some idea from knowledgeable people.

Thanks!

Does 🐛 Uploading larger file than the memory limit fails Needs work fix this?

I am closing this issue due to inactivity. Reopen it as necessary.