[PHP] What exactly does it mean when $_FILES is empty?

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Published on 2010-05-25T04:29:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 4:41 UTC
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I am working on a PHP upload script and when testing my error checks, I attempted to upload a 17MB TIFF file. When I do this the $_FILES array is empty. The script works fine for what I need it to do, which is to upload JPEG files. My solution is to test if $_FILES is empty or not before continuing with the upload script.

Can anybody explain why $_FILES is empty when a TIFF is attempted to be uploaded? Is my solution, to check if $_FILES is empty or not, an okay one?

Does this have something to do with settings in php.ini?

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