Changing upload_max_filesize on PHP

You can't use shorthand notation to set configuration values outside of PHP.ini. I assume it's falling back to 2MB as the compiled default when confronted with a bad value.

On the other hand, I don't think upload_max_filesize could be set using ini_set(). The "official" list states that it is PHP_INI_PERDIR .

Are you using a shared hosting provider? It could be master settings overriding anything you're trying to change. Have you tried adding those into your .htaccess?

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M
php_value post_max_size 10M