Moodle: Upload Big Files

1. Set post_max_size to (ex.) 1000M in php.ini.
2. Set upload_max_filesize to (ex.) 1000M in php.ini.
3. Check the upload_tmp_dir value on the phpinfo page. If it's empty, php use the default tmp folder. On linux, it is /tmp. Sometimes it's a mapped partition/device and it has a size. If the size is lower than 1000MB, the upload won't work. Change the size of the tmp dir!
4. If there is a LimitRequestBody row in httpd.conf (apache) or in a virtual host file, change the value to 0, it means unlimited.

Mime Type Problem when Uploading DOC, DOCX, ODT Files in Symfony

If you create a DOC file with OpenOffice, its mimetype will be application/octet-stream, that can be anything binary data. Of course, you can't allow this mimetype at uploading.

If you try to upload DOCX and ODT files, symfony will recognise them as a ZIP archive. To corrrect this and the OpenOffice DOC mimetype problem, add the 'mime_type_guessers' option to sfValidatorFile:

$this->setValidator('filename', new sfValidatorFile(array(
      'max_size' => ...,
      'path' => ...,
      'mime_type_guessers' => array('guessFromFileinfo'),
      'required' => ...,
      ...

Install AVR Media AUDIO and VIDEO Player for Joomla 1.5

1. Install com_avreloaded-x.x.x.zip
2. Check PHP upload_max_filesize setting, sometimes it has a very low value
3. Go to Media Manager and create 'audio' and 'videos' folder in 'stories'
4. Go to Global Settings and add the extensions (for uploading) you need (mp3, avi, mpg, etc)
5. When you write an article, you will find an AVR Media button at the bottom, use that to include an audio or video player...