[pmwiki-users] upload error message tweak?

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:11:40AM -0600, Jon Haupt wrote:
> I have a wiki where I have allowed a few people to upload large files.
>  However, the occasional user doesn't realize that the particular file
> type isn't allowed by my wiki configuration.  Unfortunately, the way
> the uploads work, they have to wait until the file has been uploaded
> to be told that their file type is disallowed.  Is there any way to
> tweak that so that they are cut off before they have to wait while the
> file is uploaded?

Not really; this is a limitation of PHP.  PHP doesn't pass control to
PmWiki until it has received the entire request (including the file 
upload), so the earliest point at which PmWiki gets a chance to do 
anything is after the file has been uploaded.

Pm