[wp-hackers] Size limit on post.

Arlen Beiler arlenbee at gmail.com
Sat May 22 10:21:58 UTC 2010


Well, it didn't work, so I added another 0 to each number and then it
worked. Thanks Dion. Also, how do I define this in php.ini?

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>wrote:

> Neither. They're the number of times the regular expression library is able
> to backtrace, and the number its allowed to recurse, in a extremely simple
> expression, on a large peice of text, it'll only use very little, when you
> use a large piece of text, with a complex expression, it can often cause the
> backtracing to increase as it attempts to match the longer text.
>
> Other than trial and error, Its not possible to say what value you'd need,
> or if its even caused by this.
>
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2010 20:14:35 +1000, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Thanks, I will try that. Is that in bytes or kilobytes?
>>
>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  I'd say you're hitting the memory limit/backtrace limit of the Preg
>>> Regular
>>> expressions on your server.
>>>
>>> wpautop and wptexturize can sometimes hit it with larger posts.
>>>
>>> Have a look at phpinfo() for pcre.backtrack_limit & pcre.recursion_limit
>>> (Report back on their size?)
>>>
>>> You may be able to add this to your wp-config.php file:
>>>
>>> ini_set('pcre.backtrack_limit', '100000');
>>> ini_set('pcre.recursion_limit', '100000');
>>>
>>> And see if that helps? You could try upping the limits even further if it
>>> doesnt, just to test it.
>>> (Note: Those values are what my default install has set, No idea if
>>> they're
>>> high enough, too high, or what)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Dion
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:48:13 +1000, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  No plugins that hook onto it. It is not there in source view. And there
>>>
>>>> are
>>>> no comments or anything in its place.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Brian Layman <bulk at thecodecave.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  "probably their"=>"probably there,"
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Stupid spell checker...
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Brian
>>>>> Layman
>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:04 PM
>>>>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Size limit on post.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it look in HTML view?
>>>>>
>>>>> If this content was originated in something other than WordPress, your
>>>>> content is probably their with some extra html or CSS that is causing
>>>>> issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd start first with that. What does view source on the page reveal?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Brian Layman
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