Tutorial that teaches you step by step how to change the accepted size limit for importing SQL files in phpMyAdmin. Helpful when you need to import large databases. Change Upload Size Limit SQL file in phpMyAdmin.
When we work with DatabaseMost handy is us phpMyAdmin, We provide management support bases given eprin web interface. From phpMyAdmin we can make any changes in a database to which we have access. We can add databases, create, delete and edit tables in databases, we can remove or import databases maintained.
In the standard configuration (default) the function "Import"In phpMyAdminDoes not allow us to do upload in MySQL the files larger 2MB (2,048 KiB). If we need a database larger than 2 MB, then the error occurs: "You probably tried to upload too large file. Please referer to documentation for ways to workaround this limit."
One solution would to compress the database (.sql file) in one of the formats gzip, bzip2 or zip, but if the database file is very large, then we certainly do not even compress it to get a file under 2MB that can be scanned by phpMyAdmin. The only solution is to change the allowed size limit for uploads.
Change Upload / Import Size Limit in phpMyAdmin
Import limit is given by configuration PHPSite, and to change this limit will have to edit the configuration file responsible for PHP (php.ini).
Depending on the system used, php.ini can be located in "/etc/php.ini","/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini” or in another location on web server. The easiest way to locate it is to log in to the server (via SSH) and give the command line "locate php.ini“. After locating the php.ini file, we move on to editing it.
nano /etc/php.ini
In the file php.ini search and edit the following lines:
max_execution_time = 60 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds (def. 30)
max_input_time = 90 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data (def. 60)
memory_limit = 128M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (def. 128mb)
upload_max_filesize = 200M ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. (def. 2mb)
post_max_size = 180M ; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will acceptIn our case we set the maximum size of the file to be imported is not less than 180MB. That means we can import via phpMyAdmin database to 180MB.
In Funt your needs change execution time and memory limit used. If the times set in php.ini are small and the file to be imported is very large, then it is possible to give the error "time out”The import. For this you will have to change "max_input_time"And"max_execution_time“. This is also true for the memory limit, which must be increased for large databases. After making the changes, using the "nano" editor, click Ctrl + X then “Y”(Yes) yes Enter to save the changes.
The last step is restarting Apache Web Server.
systemctl restart httpd or
/etc/init.d/httpd restartAfter the restart of Apache you can start importing the file with the database.
Stealth Settings - Import Size Limit Change in phpMyAdmin.
Old tutorial but still relevant. Thanks a lot!
However, it does not work in all situations. Connection timed out when uploading.