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Greg,

the server path to the upload directory given in CP Home ›  Admin ›  Weblog Administration ›  File Upload Preferences ›  Edit File Upload Preferences
is
/home/httpd/vhosts/skirealestate.com/httpdocs/blog/images/uploads/

My host thinks the path looks OK. He said he checked. The latter part seems OK to me, I mean the ....skirealestate.com/httpdocs/blog/images/uploads/
This I have checked via what the FTP client shows as directory structure… Not sure what the part before that means.

Tobias,

To double check your server path can you dump the following into a new file called path-test.php in your root.

<?php
echo dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/';
?>

What does that return?

John,

I need more instructions. Is this a text file you want me to put in my root directory? How do I run the file so it returns something?
Thanks

Tobias

Tobias ,

Yes create a text file with the above code inside it. Save that text file as path-test.php

Upload that file via FTP into your root
Then visit http://yourdomain.com/path-test.php

It should tell you the correct path

John,

here we go..  This is what was returned

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /var/www/vhosts/skirealestate.com/httpdocs/path-test.php on line 2

the code in the .php file was as you stated

<?php
echo dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/';
?>

What went wrong?

Tobias,

OK can you change your server path for your upload preference from

/home/httpd/vhosts/skirealestate.com/httpdocs/blog/images/uploads/

to

/var/www/vhosts/skirealestate.com/httpdocs/blog/images/uploads/

And see if that works for you

John,

Success. This seems to work. I have to test it at home, but when trying the upload it went to the next screen and not the error message. Asking me if I wanted to re-size etc…

MANY thanks for the help. Has the syntax for the path changed in the new version of EE? I can not recall ever messing with the path in the past so I am surprised it was the cause of the error. Might just help other people if we state here what happened.

All right…... Back to blogging ‘-)

Glad to see you’re all set. No, the path is and always has been a server side issue, no changes there. Please post again as needed.