Increase Max_input_vars limit for only one PHP page

Question

Is there any way to increase the PHP max_input_vars limit for only one PHP page. I'm using a CSV upload and extract function. In which the csv data will be saved to the db using Insert query. But when i tried with larger CSV data such as about 9000 entries i got an error like this:

PHP Warning: Unknown: Input variables exceeded 1000. To increase the limit change max_input_vars in php.ini.

I know we need to change the limit value in php.ini or .htaccess but i don't want to change the limit for the entire project for maintaing the security. So Is there any way to change it only for this functionality ??

Answer 1

There's no way of doing that. You have to change it in the php.ini file, because not even ini_set can change it.

max_input_vars has a changeable mode of PHP_INI_PERDIR meaning it can't be changed using ini_set (only in php.ini, .htaccess or httpd.conf)

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You can, however, temporarily change that setting by adding this line to your .htaccess:

php_value max_input_vars 3000

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