Hi Perl Monks!

I am using CGI.pm to handle a file upload section of a script but I'm encountering a problem when it comes to limiting the size of the file uploads. I am presently using $CGI::POSTMAX to set the max upload size to 100KB but it seems when someone tries to upload a file larger, say 1MB, they are simply taken back to the main page - no error or anything which is confusing.

I have been searching for a way to print an error if the file is too large but the only solutions I have found are to upload the file, then check the size and delete it if it is too big which doesn't really prevent abuse from people uploading 10MB files.

Thanks for any advice!!

In reply to CGI.PM File Upload by Anonymous Monk

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