Chris Dempsey scribeva in 02/05/2007 8:39: > In particular I'm looking for guidance on what the largest file size the > native PHP upload function will handle without timing out, Two things to beware with large files: - timing out: set max_input_time to large number or -1 (no limit) <http://es2.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php#ini.max-input-time> - memory running out: to make a thumbnail, PHP needs to create a full color image, which may be a lot larger than the uploaded file, if it was jpg. <http://es2.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.memory-limit> If you don't have access to php.ini, you can set these in your .htaccess file, for example: php_value max_input_time 1800 php_value memory_limit 96M > and if PHP has an > inbuilt function to resize images or whether I need an aftermarket > component. http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopyresampled.php .k