How to stop a oversize file upload while upload is in process?

Question

I'm using apache, PHP.

So, for php, even I set max file size, if someone upload a huge file, it will upload the whole thing to server, and then PHP return error. is that right?

I would like the web server or PHP to stop when the file size or the request size is larger than certain size.

is there a way to do it? I remember something like setting post_max_size or setting something in apache.conf but not sure if it will stop when the file goes over the max limit.

• I don't trust client side validation. so, I'm looking for either apache or php level solution. :)

Answer 1

Apache's LimitRequestBody, afaik, it just stops the connection when going over....