{"id":13387,"date":"2021-07-09T06:45:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T06:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=13387"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:05:13","slug":"increase-phpmyadmin-max-upload-size-whm-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/increase-phpmyadmin-max-upload-size-whm-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Increase Max Upload Size of PHPMyAdmin via WHM\/cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when you are unable to upload or import a large-sized database in cPanel. The issue will not resolve even after you increase the php.ini file post_max_size, upload_max_filesize, memory_limit. The solution to this problem is to scale up the\u00a0MySQL database upload limit of PHPMyAdmin or, in other words, increase max upload size of PHPMyAdmin.<\/p>\n<h2>To\u00a0Increase Max Upload Size of PHPMyAdmin<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your root account of the WHM panel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select <strong>Server Configuration<\/strong> from the navigation menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/whm_server_configuration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>Tweak Settings<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/whm_tweak_settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1420\" height=\"720\" \/>4. Scroll down to the <strong>PHP<\/strong> section and refer to the <strong>cPanel PHP Max POST size\u00a0<\/strong>field. Select the radio button beside the text box enter the value to set it to your desired upload size.<\/p>\n<p>5. Do the same for the\u00a0<strong>cPanel PHP Max upload size<\/strong> field.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whm_php_max_sizes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1583\" height=\"349\" \/>6. Don&#8217;t forget to <strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The system will take some time to apply these changes, depending on the server conditions. You can confirm if the changes are in effect by accessing your phpMyadmin.<\/p>\n<p>You will now have\u00a0no issue uploading the database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when you are unable to upload or import a large-sized database in cPanel. The issue will not resolve even after you increase the php.ini file post_max_size, upload_max_filesize, memory_limit. 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