Comments on: Fixing “Missing a temporary folder” error on Wordpress 2.7 uploader

By: Lewis

Lewis — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:56:25 +0000

Thanks guys. An upgrade to php 5 fixed my problem too.

By: rosie

rosie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:04:23 +0000

I also had this issue. I checked my web hosting and I was running with php version 4. The upgraded wordpress recommended version php 4.2 and above. Once I had moved to version php 5 this problem was resolved.

By: Neill Jones

Neill Jones — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:33:42 +0000

Just a small point …

I changed the temp directory to /tmp which is available on some (if not all??) linux systems. So long as Apache has rw access to it it should work too. That way you don’t have to have a temporary directory added to your home directory.

Cheers

Neill

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By: Jestin

Jestin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:23:28 +0000

Thks dud….
it help and o was able to rectify my trouble!

Thank U again

By: Dwight Jack

Dwight Jack — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:56 +0000

Hi,

i’d try setting the upload_tmp_dir like this (note the trailing slash):

upload_tmp_dir = /vservers/h267740wp/tmp/

Then remember you have to restart your web server. Usually you may issue a:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

For the upload folder, usually the default is fine:
wp-content/uploads

You should try and check if /vservers/h267740wp/htdocs/wp-content/uploads it’s present and it’s writtable (like 775 in permission)

Let me know if it works, bye!

By: Millo

Millo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:28 +0000

Hi!
I got the error. I’m using Windows XP and the blog is on a host right now.
Everytime I try to upload images, it reads:

/vservers/h267740wp/htdocs/wp-admin

I login to my FTP server, went to the ETC folder and access to the php.ini file.
The line goes like this:

upload_tmp_dir = /vservers/h282184wp/tmp /vservers/h267740wp/tmp

I just don’t know what I have to change. i’ve created “tmp” folders everywhere, but nothing works.

What do I have to change and where? what should I put on “Store uploads in this folder”???

Thanx a lot for your help

By: Miri

Miri — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:35 +0000

I don’t have XXAMPP in my Applications folder.

Also, this is about the 10th WP site I’ve built on my mac, and the first time it’s ever happened.

Any suggestions here?

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By: Dwight Jack

Dwight Jack — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:49:43 +0000

on a MAC it’s located in:
/Applications/XAMPP/etc/