Server::set_payload_max_length cannot increase the payload size beyond 8 KiB about cpp-httplib HOT 4 CLOSED

@Gondlar thanks for the detailed information. The problem that you mentioned only happens with a request which has the 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' content type. CPPHTTPLIB_FORM_URL_ENCODED_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH is made to protect a cpp-http server from attacks with huge 'www-form-urlencoded' data which may make detail::parse_query_text unresponsive. (detail::parse_query_text is a slow function and will keep all the key-value pairs in memory...)

Could you give me any suggestion where in REAME I can put such information that will help users? Thanks for your help.

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I'd suggest the part that deals with "Set maximum payload length for reading a request body", that's where people who need to know this are most likely to look.

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Does it sound good to you?

### Set maximum payload length for reading a request body

```c++
svr.set_payload_max_length(1024 * 1024 * 512); // 512MB

NOTE: When the request body content type is 'www-form-urlencoded', the actual payload length shouldn't exceed CPPHTTPLIB_FORM_URL_ENCODED_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH.

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Sounds fine, thanks!

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