... to build on zwon's lead, you might try testing the ENV..... oops i see you did

Nodereaper please delete

...on second thought....if the 

if ($ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH} > 1024*1024) {
    die "Content length too long";
}

[download]
dosn't catch it.... you may need to use some Server directive available in your Cpanel ( or other site server admin control panel ) .... google for "apache upload limit directive"

you may be forced to set this, call your ISP on how to do it, if you can't find out from their menus..... there may also be a .htaccess entry that you can use on a per directory basis.... it's all up to the ISP setup

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In reply to Re: Preventing Oversized Uploads by zentara
in thread Preventing Oversized Uploads by Kirsle

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