[wp-hackers] Exceeding upload_max_filesize when imported WP data

[Michael Van Winkle]

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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Kevin Newman <CaptainN at unfocus.com> wrote:
> 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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