PHPMailer error attaching 22mb file size

Question

I made a php project which sends email and has an attachment by default. I'm using this Library https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer . However when I tried to send a pdf file with a 22mb of size I get Internal 500 Server Error on my browser console. I tried using pdf files with less than 1mb of size and other files like jpg and it works fine. Only the 22mb file. What could be the problem? Is it on my php settings? and if yes, which one? Or is it on the library itself? Thanks.

Answer 1

Found a solution. I just compress the file size using this tool http://smallpdf.com/compress-pdf .Hope it can help others as well.

Answer 2

Yes need to change

Set them in php.ini, your virtual host config, or in a .htaccess file. A typical .htaccess file would look like this:

php_value post_max_size 30M
php_value upload_max_filesize 30M

Note:

• Those settings are not going to have any effect when set via ini_set.
• The reason is that PHP needs those values before your script is even executed. When an upload occurs, the target script is executed when the upload is complete, so PHP needs to know the maximum sizes.

Reference php upload_max_filesize