NEVER MIND -- the solution was to restart apache!
sudo service httpd restart
Running Drupal 8.3.1 on AWS-Apache I have modified php.ini to increase maximum file upload size to 60MB as well as the maximum post size to the same limit. BTW, I am not sure why the default on this is 2 MB as that is awfully small for files like PDFs for posting.
But, having verified that the changes were made in php.ini, these are not reflected in the file upload field on the site, though various instructions appear to imply that this is all that is needed.
So I presume this means I must also modify the .htaccess file. And, there are a number of instruction pages showing the lines of code to add. Having broken a couple of new installations with permission issues in modifying the php.ini file -- which I eventually figured out -- I want to proceed cautiously with .htaccess. Questions:
1. Is there any reason to prefer doing this in terminal mode versus modifying the .htaccess file in Filezilla and Notepad.
2. If using Filezilla, what is the location in the file for adding the lines of code since there are no lines currently specifying the values? For example, can I just append these at the end of the file:
php_value post_max_size 2M
php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
3. If I use terminal mode, and I am just inserting, where again would I place these with the Drupal 8.3.1 installation?
I recognize these may seem like basic questions, but I would like to avoid breaking the installation in the first place.
I really have the impression that just modifying the phi.ini file should have done the trick, so perhaps I missed some updating step.
Thanks
