Error in backend

[Ana]

Hi PW family thanks for the support so far,  Has anyone ever had to deal with this error and what is the best solution. I was backing up the database using Ryan's module and i see this error. What should i do? How can i proceed  You have reached PHP’s “max_input_vars” setting of 1000 — please increase it. now

[elabx]

I normally increate the max_input_vars value but I understand you might not have access to that. Although I find it weird that the modules uses so many input variables to backup the database. Maybe you can try Adminer through TracyDebugger?

[FireWire]

3 hours ago, elabx said:

Although I find it weird that the modules uses so many input variables to backup the database.

For the record, this can happen when you have a high number of fields on a page. If the hosting company has this set low to begin with you can run into this. Just mentioning it here in case someone stumbles on this thread for a different cause.

@Ana If this is in your local environment you should be able to set the value of max_input_vars higher. There's really no downside to setting it to something really high. I think I have it set to 2000 on one of my servers to accommodate field-heavy pages

If this is in production, check the settings available with the web host. If you have access to a server management UI like CPanel or equivalent, you can adjust that variable there.