How to change the max upload size for Moodle

These instructions will depend on your OS, and moodle version.

Our Moodle installation:

Cent OS 5.4

Apache v2.2.3

MySQL v5.0.77

PHP v5.1

Moodle v1.9.8

In order to change our max upload size we had to change 2 variables in our php.ini file. The php.ini file is located in the /etc directory. I use the nano editor to edit the file.

Here are the steps:

1. cd etc
2. nano php.ini (opens the php.ini file in the nano editor)
3. look for the post_max_size variable and change it as follows
4. post_max_size = 30M (change the 30 to whatever size you want)
5. look for the upload_max_filesize variable and change it as follows
6. upload_max_filesize = 30M (change the 30 to the same size as the post_max_size variable)
7. ctrl-x (to exit the nano editor)
8. Y (to save the file)
9. Restart your box

That should do it. When the server comes back up you will be able to upload and post up-to 30MB files.