[wp-hackers] Exceeding upload_max_filesize when imported WP data

[Kevin Newman]

No soup. I guess I'll have to copy the SQL tables directly.

Kevin N.


On 3/8/11 2:32 PM, Christopher Ross wrote:
> Kevin, the importer is routinely a source grief but it's not really it's fault. Importing is extremely dependent on the server, so give this a try:
>
> add a php.ini file to your root directory with the content:
>
> upload_max_filesize = 10M
> post_max_size = 10M
>
> That should do it, otherwise add the same php.ini flle to your /wp-includes/ directory and the /wp-admin/ on some servers.
>
> A quick way to test is to add the line<?php phpinfo();?>  to the top of your header.php file, when you load the front of the site it'll display what the upload_max_filesize is for php, if the changes you made had an effect it'll show it here.
>
> c.
>
>
> On 2011-03-08, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Newman wrote:
>
>> No matter what I do when trying to upload a wordpress export to be re-imported I get the same error:
>>
>> Sorry, there has been an error.
>> The uploaded file exceeds the<code>upload_max_filesize</code>  directive in<code>php.ini</code>.
>>
>> I increased that value to 8MB via .htaccess (and WP reflects that next to the upload box), my file is 2.1MB, and gzipped it's only 300K or so. I still get exactly the message every time.
>>
>> Anyone else ever have this problem with the Wordpress importer?
>>
>> Kevin N.
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