increase upload size to website

[glenn55]

hi iam pretty new to php and websites but am learning , i have a website with a forum on it and afile uploader on it but my website only allows an upload of 4meg and i want to increase it , i know i have to edit the php.ini file , when i do a phpinfo.php chech it says the PHP.ini file is here ,
web addy
http://dreamslayerartworks.com

/usr/local/Zend/etc/PHP.ini
but i got no idea where this is , one web page said it was in my cgi-bin folder but there is nothing in there when i look with cuteftp or do i need to download a PHP.ini file and edit it and upload it to the cgi-bin folder i got no idea ....
PHP Version 4.3.2

MAIAN_UPLOADER v.1.3

any help would be greatfully appreasiated

glenn

[cyanide]

HI glenn,

If you are on a normal virtual/shared hosting account, you will not be able to edit php.ini, as it is server-wide.
However you can make modifications for your site/account.
I see you're running Apache, so you can use a file called .htaccess

Create a file with notepad and save as htaccess.txt
Put the following code in:

php_value upload_max_filesize ###
php_value post_max_size ###
php_value memory_limit ###

Replace ### to the amount you want to allow.
Every host is a bit different. On some you can use megabytes, like 10mb, if that doesn't work, then try converting to bytes (10000000)

You may not need the memory limit directive, but it depends on the number used for the others.

Upload htaccess.txt to the folder which holds the script, then change the name to .htaccess