Title: Error: Expecting a file upload
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Error: Expecting a file upload

 *  [nessynoodles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nessynoodles/)
 * (@nessynoodles)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-expecting-a-file-upload/)
 * The backup begins, the database backup is created and then falls over at the 
   point of putting it onto the dropbox. It was working for sometime and now it 
   is consistently failing. I unlinked the account and relinked it and it didn’t
   resolve the problem.
 * Here’s the log.
 *  03:21:40: A fatal error occured: The backup is having trouble uploading files
   to Dropbox, it has failed 10 times and is aborting the backup.
    03:21:40: Error
   uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/
   2012/08/LDL_Build_a_website_transparent-1024×305.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting a
   file upload 03:21:39: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.
   com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Untitled-design-1.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting a
   file upload 03:21:39: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.
   com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Untitled-design-2-150×150.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting
   a file upload 03:21:38: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.
   com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Untitled-design-1-150×150.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting
   a file upload 03:21:38: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.
   com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Untitled-design-2-300×86.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting
   a file upload 03:21:37: Processed 20 files. Approximately 1% complete. 03:21:
   37: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/
   uploads/2012/08/LDL_Build_a_website_transparent-300×89.png’ to Dropbox: Expecting
   a file upload 03:21:36: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.
   com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/LDL_Build_a_website_transparent-150×150.png’ to
   Dropbox: Expecting a file upload 03:21:35: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/
   www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/sucuri/sucuri-lastlogins.php’ to Dropbox:
   Expecting a file upload 03:21:35: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/
   www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/sucuri/sucuri-integrity.php’ to Dropbox:
   Expecting a file upload 03:21:34: Error uploading ‘/home/peacefu0/public_html/
   www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/1-57347562125b64573d51e34b80873bd8/
   index.html’ to Dropbox: Expecting a file upload 03:21:33: Error uploading ‘/home/
   peacefu0/public_html/www.love2livedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/
   1-57347562125b64573d51e34b80873bd8/tmp/index.html’ to Dropbox: Expecting a file
   upload 03:21:31: SQL backup complete. Starting file backup. 03:21:31: Processed
   table ‘ib1_wpb2d_processed_files’. 03:21:31: Processed table ‘ib1_wpb2d_processed_dbtables’.
   03:21:31: Processed table ‘ib1_wpb2d_premium_extensions’. 03:21:31: Processed
   table ‘ib1_wpb2d_options’. 03:21:31: Processed table ‘ib1_wpb2d_excluded_files’.
   03:21:31: Processed table ‘ib1_wordbooker_userstatus’. 03:21:30: Processed table‘
   ib1_wordbooker_userdata’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_wordbooker_process_queue’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_wordbooker_postlogs’. 03:21:30: Processed table‘
   ib1_wordbooker_postcomments’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_wordbooker_fb_friends’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_wordbooker_fb_friend_lists’. 03:21:30: Processed
   table ‘ib1_wordbooker_errorlogs’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_users’. 03:21:
   30: Processed table ‘ib1_usermeta’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_thesis_terms’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_thesis_backups’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_terms’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_term_taxonomy’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_term_relationships’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_sucuri_lastlogins’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘
   ib1_rg_mailchimp’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_lead_notes’. 03:21:30: Processed
   table ‘ib1_rg_lead_meta’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_lead_detail_long’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_lead_detail’. 03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_lead’.
   03:21:30: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_incomplete_submissions’. 03:21:30: Processed
   table ‘ib1_rg_form_view’. 03:21:27: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_form_meta’. 03:21:
   27: Processed table ‘ib1_rg_form’. 03:21:27: Processed table ‘ib1_posts’. 03:
   21:27: Processed table ‘ib1_postmeta’. 03:21:27: Processed table ‘ib1_popover_ip_cache’.
   03:21:27: Processed table ‘ib1_options’. 03:21:26: Processed table ‘ib1_new_royalsliders’.
   03:21:26: Processed table ‘ib1_maxbuttons_buttons’. 03:21:26: Processed table‘
   ib1_links’. 03:21:26: Processed table ‘ib1_gf_addon_payment_transaction’. 03:
   21:26: Processed table ‘ib1_gf_addon_payment_callback’. 03:21:26: Processed table‘
   ib1_gf_addon_feed’. 03:21:26: Processed table ‘ib1_comments’. 03:21:26: Processed
   table ‘ib1_commentmeta’. 03:21:26: Starting SQL backup. 03:21:24: Your time limit
   is unlimited and your memory limit is 256M 03:21:24: Backup started on Monday
   November 9, 2015.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/)

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 *  Thread Starter [nessynoodles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nessynoodles/)
 * (@nessynoodles)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-expecting-a-file-upload/#post-6729240)
 * I found a link somewhere that indicates that this plugin doesn’t work with php
   5.6. Is this the case? I’ve changed it for one of my sites and it’s now backing
   up. Will this be resolved anytime soon?
 *  [Clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * (@clementbb)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-expecting-a-file-upload/#post-6729517)
 * Hi, i was backing up several sites and one of them wouldn’t launch (“failed 10
   times and is aborting the backup”). He was in deed in php 5.6.
    I set it to 5.5
   and now it works : )

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