Title: Problem when uploading a picture (Missing Temporary Folder/HTTP Error)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem when uploading a picture (Missing Temporary Folder/HTTP Error)

 *  [Klaymen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klaymen/)
 * (@klaymen)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-a-picture-missing-temporary-folderhttp-error/)
 * Hello, I have an old hosting plan. It does not support .htaccess.
    When I try
   to upload a picture (both with the flash and the browser upload) I get an error:“
   HTTP Error” or “Missing Temporary Folder”. Searching over the web I found some
   tips to solve this problem, but they all require to edit the htaccess file. As
   said, my hosting does not support this. Is there any way I can fix this problem?

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-a-picture-missing-temporary-folderhttp-error/#post-1448345)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [Klaymen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klaymen/)
 * (@klaymen)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-a-picture-missing-temporary-folderhttp-error/#post-1448504)
 * Thank you for your reply, Shane G.
    Other than this, is there no way to fix this?
   I ask becouse the hosting provider, as said, is basically a *bad one*. It’s really
   difficult to contact them and talk about technicals aspects.

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 * [missing temp folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/missing-temp-folder/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-a-picture-missing-temporary-folderhttp-error/#post-1448504)
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