Upload file size restriction in perl?

[ronnil]

I usually code in php, I don't know much about perl, but php don't seem to be able to fulfill my needs.

What i would like to do, is have a workaround for that annoying max_upload_size setting.

Does perl have a configurable setting like that, or is it out of the serverdude's hands to control whatever size the file is?

I've seen a lot of uploadscripts with perl, is it possible to write my own without the need of an already included library?

Thirdly, if anyone have any good links about the question, please drop it here :)

thanks in advance

[KevinADC]

I usually code in php,

Sorry to hear that ;)


Does perl have a configurable setting like that, or is it out of the serverdude's hands to control whatever size the file is?


Perl puts no restrictions on file uploads but it does allow for it if you wanted to set a limit.

I've seen a lot of uploadscripts with perl, is it possible to write my own without the need of an already included library?


It is possible but there really is no need to. Use the CGI module for all your CGI form processing needs. With the CGI module you can set a file upload limit or disable it entirely if you want to. Or you can just let users upload whatever they want, but the http server still may have it's own restrictions.

Thirdly, if anyone have any good links about the question, please drop it here :)

perldoc
perldoc: CGI documentation
Beginning Perl

[ronnil]

thanks :) I will check into this