Resolved The PHP temporary folder is not set in php.ini

[furiousmurphy]

After the migration to DirectAdmin, I had to reinstall my Joomla site. Now I get a warning that the PHP temporary folder is not set in php.ini and I am unable to install uploaded modules to the CMS

 

[garrettroyce]

You are correct, but I think this changed recently. It looks like someone is working on the server right now, because I can't change any settings from DirectAdmin. And, to make things worse, you can't override these settings in .htaccess because they're php.ini only directives.

I'm flagging this issue for admin review.

 

[Anna]

Yeah, right now you can not alter settings in DA, I have alerted head admins to that issue as that part is beyond me.

Once one of them sorts out that part of the problem I will be able to take a look at sys_temp_dir, though it could be a related issue actually.

 

[Anna]

Running echo sys_get_temp_dir(); does give the default temp, which is /tmp

This should be enough as the actual ini setting is as far as I can tell optional, introduced in php 5.5.

I made a test install on my account on x15 and I was able to install modules without any problem, despite the value not being set for sys_temp_dir. I tried both by using the upload inside Joomla and by uploading and extracting into the joomla/tmp directory.

Can you try now, and if it still fails please paste (or screenshot) the exact error message?

 

[garrettroyce]

@furiousmurphy Were you able to get this resolved? Please let us know if you need further assistance or this thread will be closed for inactivity. Thank you.

 

[furiousmurphy]

@furiousmurphy Were you able to get this resolved? Please let us know if you need further assistance or this thread will be closed for inactivity. Thank you.

I just checked last night, and there is no change on my end. Same as stated originally.

I even removed/reinstalled my Joomla via Softaculous and tried again to no avail. Thought it was worth a try since I was unable to upload & install any required extensions anyways. Still the same failure notifications and the warning that the the PHP temp folder is not set in php.ini

This is the exact warning: "The PHP temporary folder is the folder that PHP uses to store an uploaded file before Joomla can access this file. Whilst the folder not being set isn't always a problem, if you are having issues with manifest files not being detected or uploaded files not being detected, setting this in your php.ini file might fix the issue."

 

[furiousmurphy]

It states that the installation was successful after the install path does not exist, but the extension has not been installed. Only the default templates Beez3 & Prostar are here.

The reason that I have to redo this was that the migration of my prior site to the new platform was not successful. It was in the early stages of being rebuilt anyways, so I didn't see this as a big deal at the time.

I see that it was stated that there was no problem installing on x15, but my site is on x13. Is something configured different between these 2 servers?

 

[garrettroyce]

x15 is Anna's server; yours is x13. Can you check your PHP settings in DirectAdmin and make sure the upload file size is larger than your extension file size?

 

[Anna]

It was set to allow only uploads of 2mb maximum filesize. I have changed that, could you try and see if that makes any difference?

I also made another small change regarding permissions on a folder, I noticed one small difference between my test account and your account.

I looked over the enabled php extensions as well, but nothing appears to be missing there either.

(I have also confirmed it works on x11 with the same php.ini setting)

 

[furiousmurphy]

Tried installing the template again today, and it has installed.

"It was set to allow only uploads of 2mb maximum filesize. I have changed that, could you try and see if that makes any difference?"
I had tried switching the php version back to 7.2 yesterday to see if it would make any difference, but it didn't seem to at the time.
I have since switched back to 7.3

Not sure what you did, but it does seem to have done the trick.
Thank you to all for your efforts.

 

[garrettroyce]

If you go to DirectAdmin -> Extras -> Select PHP version, you can change a lot of things.

Be careful with these settings because setting something like a max_upload of 142344MB could cause a problem if a visitor to your website uploads a large file and you don't want them to. Set your limits to a reasonable level. Keep in mind files over 10MB will get flagged and possibly deleted, so definitely don't go higher than that.