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'Failed to write file to disk' error (9 posts)

  1. michaelmcguk
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    Hello,

    I'm trying to add pictures next to posts, but running into problems.

    I'm getting the 'Failed to write file to disk' error :(

    I have 'wp-content' folder set to CHMOD 777.

    I've gone to 'Options' -> 'Misc' and made my uploads folder 'uploads' and 777'd that, but no success.

    I did a phpinfo(); function and my 'file_uploads' function is On.

    What else can it be?

    Thanks for the assistance.

  2. moshu
    Moderator
    Posted 2 months ago #

    You can always put your error message in the Search box here. Chances are you are not the first with that error...

  3. michaelmcguk
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    Yes, I've looked, but unfortunately it didn't provide any answers.
    Has anyone else had this problem?
    My WP site is stored like http://www.mysite.com/subdomain/wordpress/ , would this be a problem?
    I've just emailed my host, so perhaps they can shed some light.

  4. moshu
    Moderator
    Posted 2 months ago #

    That's a subfolder, not a subdomain... but NO, that should NOT be a problem. And briefly looking at the search results, it seems to be a server issue.

  5. michaelmcguk
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    Hehehe oh ok, subfolder ;)
    Yeh, I'm hoping for a server issue :)

    Thanks again for the help.

  6. montanaflynn
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    I'm having the same problem except mine is installed at the root. You wouldn't happen to be using yahoo?

  7. piper5ul
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    What worked for me was to edit the PHP.INI file and set this parameter
    upload_tmp_dir="/tmp"

    and i restarted apache! Worked like a charm!

  8. moshu
    Moderator
    Posted 1 month ago #

    That might sound a "smart" solution but 99% of the users are on a shared hosting server with no access to any settings and they also think that "apache" is an Indian tribe :)

  9. reuel
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    having the same problem here
    on a host that is shared so i cant edit the php.ini file, and you cant use ini_set fr upload_tmp_dir

    how can i set an upload tmp dir then!

    any suggestions?

    are there any other work arounds fr this 'failed to write to disk' error?

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