Hi,
You need to edit php.ini file located in etc/ folder. Uncomment the line upload_tmp_dir and pointing the variable to a folder using an absolute path. In Linux possible steps are:
1) Login into the command line to the server as an administrator.
2) create a temporary folder for all apache tasks in your user folder and grant all right to all users:
mkdir mytmp && chmod 777 mytmp
3) Edit php.ini with text editor and set the temporary folder:
upload_tmp_dir = /home/username/mytmp/
save the file and restart apache.
Thanks,
Shane G.
I’m getting really tired of trying to find an answer to this problem. I have only been trying to use WordPress for about 3 days now. I’m beginning to hate it! What good is it if a user cannot easily upload media they need. I don’t know PHP and am not very comfortable changing the files. I have tried some of the suggestions I’ve found, but so far NOTHING has changed. Seems to me that if someone at WordPress really cared, they would do all they could to fix the problem, especially after seeing how many people are having trouble with it. Even if they are all volunteers it wouldn’t matter. If they really cared, they would fix the problem and make sure a solution was easily found.
Try posting a new topic instead of tacking things onto the end of month-old threads. And include a full description of your problem and your WordPress version number.
Seems to me that if someone at WordPress really cared, they would do all they could to fix the problem, especially after seeing how many people are having trouble with it.
The WordPress core developers can only fix issues within WordPress and they normally do so very quickly. There are no outstanding issues with the Media Uploader.
Even if they are all volunteers it wouldn’t matter. If they really cared, they would fix the problem and make sure a solution was easily found.
Perhaps you’re simply not looking hard enough? Have you tried all of the solutions outlined in http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999 for example? Either way, entering a volunteer-based forum and then complaining that the volunteers aren’t working hard enough really isn’t the best way to get help.
