$_POST limitations in terms of number of fields

Question

My php version is 5.4.16

I have a form with 2500 fields. That sounds weird, but actually I have an excel sheet. I read the sheet and display all data in an HTML table whose each cell has a hidden field so that I would be able to post all the data and do further.

Issue: $_POST remains empty when I post the form with 2500 fields. When is delete some the fields or remove some columns from excel sheet which results in less number of fields in the $_POST,then it works fine.

Question: Is there any limit in $_POST for the number of fields being posted?

`max_input_vars` defaults to 1000, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9399315/how-to-increase-maximum-post-variable-in-php — Clive, Jul 05 '15 at 13:56
Yes i read this just before i posted the issue. I tried to search max_input_vars in my .ini but it was not there. — Abdul Moiz, Jul 05 '15 at 14:00
Did a binary search to zero in on the effective limit not work? — J0e3gan, Jul 05 '15 at 14:00
@hanshenrik please turn off your capslock. it looks like you are yelling — nomistic, Jul 05 '15 at 14:38

hanshenrik · Answer 1 · 2015-07-05T15:11:22.063

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its probably some of these: max_input_nesting_level , max_input_vars , max_input_time , post_max_size

increase them all, try something like

max_input_nesting_level = 9999
max_input_vars = 9999
max_input_time = -1
post_max_size = 9999M

in php.ini

edited Jul 05 '15 at 15:11

answered Jul 05 '15 at 15:00

hanshenrik

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