Title: media-upload.php error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# media-upload.php error

 *  [ezcali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezcali/)
 * (@ezcali)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/)
 * I get an error while trying to use images from my Nextgen-gallery in the posts.
   The error accured after i upgraded to the latest WordPress edition.
 * The Error:
    I click on “write” then the “add photo” quicktag. Then I click the
   NextGEN-gallery tab, select an image and try to add it to my post. I get a white
   screen in a popup window and a script-error saying:
 * Line: 4
    Char: 1 Error: Permission Denied Code: 0 URL: [http://www…/wp-admin/media-upload.php?type=image&tab=nextgen&post](http://www…/wp-admin/media-upload.php?type=image&tab=nextgen&post)
   id=-122295830
 * This is the only error I get but it is frustrating because Im unable to add images
   to my posts.
 * I have tried several solutions I found on other forums but nothing seems to work.
 * Hope anyone can help.
 * Jesper

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872003)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999)
 * Try step 6 first.
 *  Thread Starter [ezcali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ezcali/)
 * (@ezcali)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872246)
 * I tried step 6 but it didnt work.
 * The funny thing is that I have the excactly same website on a different webhotel
   and the image issue works fine there but not on this webhotel?
 *  [danapellerin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danapellerin/)
 * (@danapellerin)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872268)
 * I’m having the exact same issue. And my problem manifests itself differently 
   depending on the account. For instance, the Admin account works fine, a second
   account throws the error you describe, and a third account throws no errors, 
   but freezes at the same point (when clicking the “insert into image” button).
 * All of these accounts are being tested on my workstation under both IE7 and FireFox3.
   I’ve tried everything in the support post above but nothing works.
 * Frustrating because we can’t roll this out until this is fixed, yet I see posts
   going back 6 months on this same issue with no resolution.
 *  [websitehelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitehelper/)
 * (@websitehelper)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872280)
 * I also have this problem. Have tried everything recommended across multiple forums,
   including here. I even upgraded to latest version (asof today) and no improvement.
 * I am using IE7 with the media upload “user browser upload” option (not flash).
   It does upload the file but when I try to insert into post, it gives me the white
   screen and the permission denied error on line 4 as stated above in previous 
   post.
 * My URL’s root is actually at /var/www/html/ and I am wondering if some code might
   not be handling the pathing properly. I don’t have to use this in any of my relative
   addressing, but I guess it could be possible that this could cause a problem.???
 *  [websitehelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitehelper/)
 * (@websitehelper)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872289)
 * Helloooo. Is anyone monitoring these posts?
 * More information on this problem. The “media upload” feature has never worked
   and I am determined to figure out why, since I learned that it is working on 
   another WordPress blog I manage that is hosted on a different server than the
   one giving me the problem — so this tells me that it is not the code or how I
   configure it. It is something server-specific.
 * The error I get when using the “browser upload” feature (not the Flash, which
   is another story) is “permission denied” for the file wp-admin/media-upload.php.
 * I think it is a pathing problem. I am seeing the following path for the photos
   that are displayed now:
 * /var/www/html/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/bkgd-grid.jpg
 * but the default folder for my media uploads is “wp-content/uploads”.
 * Has anyone gotten this to work on WestHost servers and what are your settings
   for the default path?
 *  [bradyjfrey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradyjfrey/)
 * (@bradyjfrey)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872298)
 * Never tested westhost, but I wanted to note that you should probably avoid, even
   version 7, IE like the plague. There have always been intermitten issues with
   IE in just about any high end web software (if not an issue, for sure a downgraded
   experience us developers create on purpose to compensate for it’s weaknesses),
   have you tried using Firefox or Opera or Safari?
 * If you’re indeed having issues with relative path, do you have any experience
   with mysql? If so, you could command line in or use PHPMyAdmin on your server
   and go through the images paths to see where everything is pointing too. This
   is not an easy thing to do for a novice user, you maybe best suited to ask a 
   friend with experience in this – someone you trust on your server.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872299)
 * Sigh.
 * All known image uploader issues and solutions to them are listed here: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999)
 * If you have tried everything there, and it did not fix it, then it probably can’t
   be fixed. Really. I do update that listing from time to time, and I have yet 
   to encounter a site that was not fixed by those solutions.
 * So posting here asking for help isn’t going to get you any beyond what is in 
   that post. Honestly. All we can really say is “do what’s there” and “did you 
   really do what it said there?” and “double-check that you did what it said correctly”.
   Because if you follow all those instructions, then your site would most likely
   be working correctly.
 * And a “permission denied” error is almost invariably a problem with mod_security.
   Step 6. Like I said before.
 *  [websitehelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitehelper/)
 * (@websitehelper)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872300)
 * bradyjfrey: No change when I use Mozilla/Firefox. Note that I can upload images
   fine. I can see them in the /uploads/2008/12 folder on the server. It is only
   when I try to “insert into post” that I get the blank screen. I am using the “
   browser upload” option (not the Flash). Would the version of Flash that I use
   matter for this option? I noticed that something somewhere said that the Flash
   version only worked if you used the older version 9.
 * Yes, I know how to use phpMyAdmin. What do you want me to check? In the wp-options
   table, the uploads_path is “wp-content/uploads”. When I try to change the “root”
   upload path, it does not change anything in the path for the images associated
   with individual posts – these seem to be “preserved” with the individual post.
   Here is the path I am seeing for an image filethat got uploaded, but not inserted:
 * [http://www.CircleOfFood.com/blog/wordpress/var/www/html/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/avatar-48×48.gif](http://www.CircleOfFood.com/blog/wordpress/var/www/html/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/avatar-48×48.gif)
 * The “/var/www/html” should not be there (so this would explain the bad relative
   path that would give me a permission problem), but how did it get there if my
   uploads_path is “wp-content/uploads”??
 * What I am worried about is that the WordPress code may have a “/” in front of
   some path built from the database instead of using “../” for making it relative.
 * Otto42: Yes, I really did try everything in the list. I am at the most current
   version, I created your .htaccess file — nothing helped. I am not the only person
   having this trouble if you do a search on “wordpress media upload permission 
   denied” problems.
 *  [websitehelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitehelper/)
 * (@websitehelper)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872301)
 * Clarification: I got the path to look correct when I look at image attachment
   records in the wp-posts table (“guid” field), as follows:
 * [http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fat-bulldog.jpg](http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fat-bulldog.jpg)
 * but I still get the white screen on the “insert into post”
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872302)
 * > _The “/var/www/html” should not be there (so this would explain the bad relative
   > path that would give me a permission problem), but how did it get there if 
   > my uploads\_path is “wp-content/uploads”??_
 * The uploads_path controls where the file goes, but the other uploads option controls
   what the URL looks like. See the Settings->Misc screen.
 * > _When I try to change the “root” upload path, it does not change anything in
   > the path for the images associated with individual posts – these seem to be“
   > preserved” with the individual post._
 * No, they’re preserved for the individual attachment. Changing the upload path
   doesn’t magically make your files actually move around or something. Changing
   the upload path causes new files to go to that new location. Old files stay where
   they were.
 * > _What I am worried about is that the WordPress code may have a “/” in front
   > of some path built from the database instead of using “../” for making it relative._
 * Relative links won’t work, because the URL is not a fixed entity, it changes 
   on single pages, on category archives, on the main page, etc. That’s what the
   Permalinks do, after all.
 * WordPress uses absolute links at all times, in all places.
 * > _It is only when I try to “insert into post” that I get the blank screen._
 * Make sure that you’re not getting any javascript errors in the Error Console.
   If so, make sure that all the javascript is uploaded to your site correctly, 
   that it has the correct permissions, etc. Inserting the image link into the post
   is basically a pure javascript operation.
 *  [websitehelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitehelper/)
 * (@websitehelper)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872304)
 * How do I check for javascript errors in the Error Console?
 * When I get the blank screen in IE 7, the error message flagged in the status 
   bar is:
 * Line: 4
    char: 1 Error: Permission denied URL: [http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/wordpress/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id-1229034506&type=image&flash=0](http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/wordpress/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id-1229034506&type=image&flash=0)
 * Wouldn’t the error be in the media-upload.php file, or more specifically, one
   of the includes on line 4 of that file?
 *  [mperry8304](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mperry8304/)
 * (@mperry8304)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-uploadphp-error/#post-872319)
 * Sorry Otto42, the answer to this problem for me was not in the page that you 
   listed. Instead the answer was on this page:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/197027/page/2?replies=39](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/197027/page/2?replies=39)
 * In the general settings for the blog I’d been creative and put some capital letters
   in the URL. Once I changed everything to lower case the “permission denied” errors
   went away and I can now upload photos.

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