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1. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I'm getting this error "Failed to write file to disk." when I try to upload images from Admin/Write. /wp-content has permissions set to 777 as has /wp-content/uploads

   Any idea? I've tried a search without luck.

   Thanks

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Wonder if you can upload images using FTP to that folder?

3. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, I've just uploaded an image to /wp-content/uploads using eLeetFTP without a problem. Also able to put files there using Dreamweaver.

   Do you know which of the wp files holds the name of the destination folder so I can check it's correct ?

   ATB

   Mike

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Administration > Options > Miscellaneous

5. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks Michael,

   I've checked the setting there and it is the default /wp-content/uploads but I still can't upload anything.

   :-(

   Anything else I should check ?

   ATB

   Mike

6. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi again,

   I posted my query on my host's support forum and this was a reply...

   "My first guess would be that WordPress is using the copy() function to upload images. Because the open_basedir redirect is in place for security reasons, the copy() function will fail and move_uploaded_file() should be used instead."

   Could this be the case ? If so, where can I edit this ?

7. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Any ideas on this ? I've just searched my site for "copy" but the result comes up with thousands :-(

8. mikeatvillage
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ah ha... resolved :-) My host advised me...

   "Have you enabled the 'upload_tmp_dir' PHP setting in the PHP settings section of MyPanel?

   Creating a 'tmp' directory with the permissions set to 777, and then making the change in MyPanel should fix it."

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