# File upload error handling

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**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/file-upload-error-handling/631 "2016-08-18T11:33:29Z")\
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Can you show the code referred to?

I do not think Apache throws an error. If the file is too large this message will be show in `$uploadedFile->getError()`

> <https://github.com/slimphp/Slim/blob/3.x/Slim/Http/UploadedFile.php#L273>

Just check if that is OK before doing anything with the file.

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