Title: markusN's Replies | WordPress.org --- # markusN [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Table of content] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/) * Thread Starter [markusN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * (@markusn) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/#post-4455545) * Thanks a lot, looking forward to test it! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Table of content] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/) * Thread Starter [markusN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * (@markusn) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/#post-4455530) * The current (yet unmodified) permissions are: * drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4.0K Dec 30 17:36 lang * .. this does not suffice? (thanks again for your support) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Table of content] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/) * Thread Starter [markusN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * (@markusn) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/#post-4455508) * Concering the permission: * ps -aef | grep apache root 11472 1 0 15:28 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start root 19676 11472 0 16:29 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start * Why are write permissions needed on the lang/ folder? * root@markus /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/content-table # l lang/ total 100K -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.4K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-de_DE.mo - rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 4.1K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-de_DE.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 2.9K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-es_ES.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www- data www-data 4.2K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-es_ES.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www- data 2.8K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-es_MX.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 4.1K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-es_MX.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 2.6K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-fi_FI.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.9K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-fi_FI.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.2K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent- fr_FR.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.8K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-fr_FR. po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.8K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-it_IT.mo -rw- r–r– 1 www-data www-data 4.6K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-it_IT.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 2.9K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-nl_NL.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.5K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-nl_NL.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 4.1K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent.pot -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 1.1K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-ro_RO.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 1.8K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-ro_RO.po -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 3.4K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent- ru_RU.mo -rw-r–r– 1 www-data www-data 4.8K Dec 30 14:53 tableofcontent-ru_RU. po * Concerning the “error.log” entries: – I install the plugin via WP, then activate,– when going in “SL Plugins”, “Table of contents” the warning “pumping” starts: * head error.log [Mon Dec 30 15:28:30 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) DAV/ 2 SVN/1.6.17 PHP/5.4.4-14+deb7u7 mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/1.0.1e configured — resuming normal operations [Mon Dec 30 17:36:58 2013] [error] [client xxx.62.11.251] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/ lib/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/content-table/core/translation.class.php on line 998, referer: [http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=](http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=)[ Mon Dec 30 17:36:58 2013] [error] [client xxx.62.11.251] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/ plugins/content-table/core/translation.class.php on line 998, referer: [http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=](http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=) * [… cut …] * [Mon Dec 30 17:37:35 2013] [error] [client xxx.62.11.251] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/ plugins/content-table/core/translation.class.php on line 998, referer: [http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=](http://courses.neteler.org/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=) * –> in less than 1 minute I get almost 3 million errors: grep ‘PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1’ error.log | wc -l 2873977 * … my server seems to be fairly fast 🙂 So, a loop somewhere? * The IP address is dynamic and the one from where I access right now. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Table of content] PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/) * Thread Starter [markusN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markusn/) * (@markusn) * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-readdir-expects-parameter-1-to-be-resource/#post-4455484) * Thanks for your immediate response! * Yes, 3.3 million lines in the apache error.log generated in no time… (I used grep/wc -l to count). * I installed the plugin through the WP interface, so I would expect that the file rights are correct. I am root on the system, so I could check/modify knowing a bit better, what to try. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)