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In the config.php file you can find the following setting:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Cache Directory Path
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Leave this BLANK unless you would like to set something other than the default
| system/cache/ folder.  Use a full server path with trailing slash.
|
*/
$config['cache_path'] = '';

However, when I set a new path like ‘/home/www/ee_files/cache/’, files are not written to the new destination.  For example, the “ee_version” directory is still created at system/expressionengine/cache, as well as the Channel Images temp directories.

Is this expected?

Thanks!

Did you set the cache folder permission (CHMOD) to 777?

Yes.

Have you used that setting successfully before?

A quick grep through EE’s source code reveals that they are not using that config item for the ee_version check. :S

Oh, I’m using latest EE2 (2.3.1)

I might leave it to tech support as I’ve never had to change it.

Hello Favio,

Thank you for posting in the ExpressionEngine forums.

I talked with our dev team and was told that the cache path cannot be set by the variable “cache_path”.

We generally do not recommend editing the variables below this line in the config file.

// END EE config items

Most of them are not recognized by ExpressionEngine and editing others can potentially break ExpressionEngine.

I hope that helps!

Cheers,