Need to edit php.ini? (wordpress import)

[dvdmon]

Hello,

I'm brand new to Bluehost and pretty new to wordpress as well. I just got done manually recreating my blog (whose export function was useless) into a wordpress implementation on another host. I now want to import that into my new BH account. I successfully installed WP 2.3.3, but when importing, it says that the max import file size is 2MB. I believe the one I have is 3MB. I tried importing it anyway and get the following error:


Sorry, there has been an error.

The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini.


I've never worked with php files, I'm a developer, but have never gotten into php. I tried looking for this file on my site but don't see it anywhere. Can anyone give me a clue as to how I can get this to work? Thanks!

Levi

[dvdmon]

Ok, I did a little more digging and was able to create a master php.ini file in my root directory. I changed the upload max to 6M and saved it, but when I go to the import page, WP is still saying the max is 2M and indeed fails again when I try the import...

Do I need to reinstall WP for this to work? Does something need to be reset in order for the setting to actually be recognized by the system?

[charlesp]

Unless you are using php fastcgi you have to have a copy of php.ini in every directory that uses php.

[dvdmon]

Unless you are using php fastcgi you have to have a copy of php.ini in every directory that uses php.

Thanks, Charles! I copied it into a couple of wp subfolders and that did the trick!

Levi