Title: Upload error Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Upload error * [eurekaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eurekaa/) * (@eurekaa) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/) * Hi , I have installed the wordPress 2.5 on subfolder in my site ( [http://www.*****.com/wordpress](http://www.*****.com/wordpress) * The word press is runing fine but i can not UPLOAD any image , I get the error message : HTTP error. * I tried to set the uploads folder that located in wp-content folder to the permission 777 & 755 and the same error message continues .. * I contacted my host and the told me that phpsuexec is runing on our server and better to ask the WORDpress support about the right permission for phpsuexec server * Thanks alot Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 66 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/page/2/?output_format=md) * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714802) * _word press is runing fine _ * So you can post, etc. correct? What is your URL? * You get this message: _HTML error_ when uploading an image from the wp-admin/ write screen? * Thread Starter [eurekaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eurekaa/) * (@eurekaa) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714803) * my URL is [http://www.dollarat.com/press](http://www.dollarat.com/press) * From admin panel I go to WRITE tap in order to start new post , then i click on Upload image ICON next to the word ( Add Media ) , and then i started uploading with no success * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714809) * So you are browsing to a file, giving it a title and uploading it? * Can you see your WP files on the server? You should have, under wp-content a uploads folder and under that an 03 folder. * Sorry, and what kind of HTML error? * Thread Starter [eurekaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eurekaa/) * (@eurekaa) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714811) * I can not give the file a title since its not uploaded . * I borwes my computer to upload a file ( image ) and i get the error when it tries to upload the files . * The error is : HTTP error * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714818) * The uploads folder should be 755. The 08 folder should be 755. The month (03) folder should be 777. AFAIK. * Phpsuexec has caused problems in the past for some but I know nothing about it. * Also Mod_Security on the server has caused problems with images. * I would first guess server problem. * [elfebel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elfebel/) * (@elfebel) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714937) * I had the exact same problem and solved it. I didn’t have a .htaccess file in my wordpress folder, which seemed to be the problem. * I wasn’t sure how to make one, but remembered WordPress gives you an example when you try to change the permalink structure. So I copied the example (admin panel:settings/permalinks page) made a textfile called .htaccess and uploaded it to the main wordpress folder. * Problem fixed. Uploads working again. Hope this works for you too. * [zhu8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zhu8/) * (@zhu8) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714962) * It seems many guys have this problem..one is me.. hope it will be resolved in WP 2.5 * [krassonkel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krassonkel/) * (@krassonkel) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714968) * Just found this thread while searching for a solution of exactly the same problem. For me it was a permission problem but I think that “HTTP error.” is definitely the wrong description of it! * Also, after uploading the image (when you can enter the title and so on), there is another error: `Warning: realpath(): Unable to access /var/www/****/httpdocs/ wp-admin/wp-content/uploads in /var/www/****/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 1056` * The media directory is set to “wp-content/uploads” which works fine except for this error! Seems that it tries to do realpath() with the wrong base directory( the wp-admin dir, not the real base path)… * Didn’t search for this last error but I hope it will be noticed by someone before the final 2.5 release! (BTW it’s 2.5 RC2 running here 😉 ) * [lsrn94](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lsrn94/) * (@lsrn94) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714973) * Running 2.5 as of todays release (3/29). mod_security is on and the image uploader is not working for me. * Image upload box opens fine. Clicking browse opens my PCs dialogue box to choose an image. When uploading the image (..”crunching”..) I get a pop up error box that says: * > Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2038: File I/O Error. * Then WP gives me the message “An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later”. * From the server error log I see this: * > ==cb6c7746============================== > Request: XXX.com 11.222.33.444 ––[ > 29/Mar/2008:13:08:34 -0500] “POST /wp-admin/async-upload.php HTTP/1.1” 406 > 363 “-” “Shockwave Flash” – “-“ Handler: application/x-httpd-php —————————————- > POST /wp-admin/async-upload.php HTTP/1.1 Accept: text/* Cache-Control: no-cache > Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Length: 29393 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; > boundary=———-GI3Ef1ei4KM7ae0Ef1gL6Ij5ei4gL6 Host: xxx.com User-Agent: Shockwave > Flash mod_security-message: Access denied with code 406. Error processing request > body: Multipart: final boundary missing [severity “EMERGENCY”] mod_security- > action: 406 * (domain name and IP edited out) * Running on a nix system; apache 1.x, php 4.x * mod_security is the culprit. * Changing the .htaccess to turn off mod_security yielded no success either. Hosts that run mod_security will have no gallery love? * bug? * [lsrn94](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lsrn94/) * (@lsrn94) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714975) * After a bit of troubleshooting, adding this to the .htaccess file in my WP root worked: * ` SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST Off * Turns mod_sec off on the async-upload.php file. * [McPace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcpace/) * (@mcpace) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714976) * Bless you LSRN94, after two hours of searching that one did the trick. Thanks * [karenedwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenedwards/) * (@karenedwards) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714977) * I’m getting the http error as well, but am not sure what content to include in my .htaccess file. I checked the permalinks page for the example elfebel mentioned but can’t find it – if anyone could post the full code that should be in the . htaccess file I’d greatly appreciate it. * [karenedwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenedwards/) * (@karenedwards) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714978) * I also contacted my server and they said that these two errors show up repeatedly in the php server log for my site: * [29-Mar-2008 15:46:03] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function image_downsize() in /home/.sites/111/site30/web/blog/wp-includes/post.php on line 2326 * [29-Mar-2008 16:13:03] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_constrain_dimensions() in /home/.sites/111/site30/web/blog/wp-admin/includes/image.php on line 173 * help anyone?? * [francispotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francispotter/) * (@francispotter) * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714980) * I had the same problem. Only by changing the permissions on the wp-content directory itself was I able to get around it. * It appears that WordPress 2.5 stores uploaded files directly in the wp-content directory, NOT in the uploads subdirectory. So changing permissions on the uploads subdirectory (which I had tried first) did nothing. * [sacredpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sacredpath/) * (@sacredpath) * Automattic Happiness Engineer * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-5/#post-714981) * If WP is storing uploads in the wp-content directory, that would be really stupid. 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