I've simulated some problems on the server side while trying to transfer photos with pLoader 2.0.0b.

1. limit on the request maximum size

In the php.ini configuration file, I've set the post_max_size to 2M (instead of 8M by default on my Linux server).

When pLoader tries to upload a photo that is bigger than the post_max_size, pLoader is on error (for this specific photo) with:

1 images in errors and not uploaded - 501 Missing "method" name (duration 31 seconds)

2. limit the PHP script input time

This time I have decreased the max_input_time from 60 to 10 seconds (still in the php.ini configuration file), I also have used Wondershaper to downgrade the network connection speed to be sure the transfer duration will exceed the max_input_time I had set.

It was a suprise but no problem occured. pLoader total duration time to transfer 1 photo was 37 seconds (with at least 35 seconds for transfer) and the upload was successful.

2. limit the PHP script execution time

This time I have decreased the max_execution_time from 30 to 10 seconds (still in the php.ini configuration file), still use Wondershaper to downgrade the network speed.

I was not surprise that no problem occured, simply because as soon as the POST request has completely arrived (with the big parameter, ie the content or your photo) the script itself doesn't do many thing : dump the file content into a file on disk, perform 2 SQL queries and that's all folks.