Posted 6 years ago #
I can't upload a file using the admin side.
WordPress Error:
Couldn't upload your file to [correct path].
PHP Error:
File upload error - unable to create a temporary file in Unknown on line 0, referer: http://zeph.dnsalias.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upload.php
Options-> Misc has file upload turned on, set to 2000k
PHP has uploads = on, upload_tmp_dir = "c:\tmp\", upload_max_filesize = 2M
The error occurs whether I ask it to make a thumbnail or not.
Suggestions, anyone?
In Options-> Misc is the correct Destination directory and URI of this directory specified?
Posted 6 years ago #
Yes, they are both correct. Quintuple checked before posting :)
Posted 6 years ago #
First off, this is a PHP issue, not a WP one. So checking desintation directories and stuff in WP won't help. ;)
Anyway, I assume c:\tmp\ exists?
If so, double check that temporarily directory. The "unable to create a temporary file in Unknown" leads me to believe that PHP doesn't have a temp directory correctly set.
Posted 6 years ago #
to deal with file uploads
dont use WP
use a FTP program
or your hosting control panel and create any file you want
then set the necessary permissions.
Posted 6 years ago #
I appreciate that ftp is the way to go, but I'm a professional web-dev, and strange as it may seem, I'm tired of doing that dance. I was looking to WordPress as a solution to make my own website fun again, and ftp is a pain in the butt (comparatively speaking). I'll do it if I must resort to it, but I'd rather take a shot at getting the issue fixed, first.
It would be nice to get it fixed for testing, but it's possible that when I move it to my linux server that it might work as well.
I agree, that it seems like a PHP issue, not a wordpress one. c:\tmp exists indeed, and it's part of my Windows PATH set up.
I (perhaps incorrectly) assume that Windows doesn't really have a permissions issue if I'm the sole user. What could cause PHP to choke up on that?
Posted 6 years ago #
Setting your temp directory in Windows to C:\tmp\ won't make PHP use to the best of my knowledge. You must tell it to PHP in your php.ini file.
Posted 6 years ago #
I had a similar problem until I set my server /tmp directory to CHMOD 777
Posted 6 years ago #
Sorry, I was unclear: I do have c:\tmp set up in my .ini AND (just in case, because I don't really know PHP; it's my first time installed, and I haven't developed using it yet) I have additionally set it up in the Windows path as my default tmp directory.
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