[Forum] Upload failed due to failure writing temporary file.

[Pro-eSports.com]

I tried adding an avatar via URL but it gave me an error code on the top of my site:

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]:  open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/vbupload18653) is not  within the allowed path(s):  (/var/.../.../.../pro-esports.com/:/var/apacheupload/) in [path]/includes/class_upload.php  on line 281 

vBulletin Message

Upload failed due to failure writing temporary file.

Can someone please help me to fix this issue? I don't have that much PHP knowledge so explain things the easy way please.

I use vB 4.0.3.

[Biker]

Had the same issue. Here's my thread and the fix...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...g-from-website

[Pro-eSports.com]

1 of the steps to fix this is to enable phpinfo but when I do this and then go to Maintenance > View PHP Info it gives me this error:

Warning: phpinfo() has been disabled for security reasons in [path]/admincp/index.php on line 1125

Line 1125:

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $versionhost; ?>/version.js?v=<?php echo SIMPLE_VERSION; ?>&amp;id=VBF817202F"></script>

And what exactly should I tell my host to modify in the php.ini file?

[Biker]

upload_tmp_dir is the value that needs to be set. The directory should also have permissions of 0777.

[Pro-eSports.com]

I described my host the problem and told them to activate upload_tmp_dir in the php.ini.
It works now.

[TEC-0]

I fixed it via vbulletin without having to contact my host, although I'm not sure if it's the most secure fix. Here is my thread