[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23127: Media Upload hangs on Crunching on too big image sizes.

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#23127: Media Upload hangs on Crunching on too big image sizes.
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 Reporter:  clubdesign    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by kb_unhammer):

 Replying to [comment:1 clubdesign]:
 > Another thought on how to prevent this thing from hanging, is to do some
 basic calculations before to any GD Stuff.
 >
 > As this article explains there is a rough formula for that:
 > Width x Height x 8 (bits) x 3(channels) / 8 x 1.65
 > should result in the memory needed for GD. Soooo: Max availiable Memory
 - Wp needed memory - calc. needed memory. If negative, kick error. Just as
 a thought. ;)

 As mentioned in #24703, it would also be nice if whatever error message is
 shown to the user mentions the php.ini memory_limit workaround.

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