Again: cannot find the directory for XML files

Hi
Please remove the first “/” in the MARKER XML DIR – that should do the trick. Alternatively, select “Database” for the “Marker Pull” method instead of using XML files.

hi,
Just downloaded but I get the same error on WP4.1/WPGM6.1.1;

This folder does not exist. Please create it. (/C:\inetpub\wwwroot\trimix_wp/wp-content/uploads/wp-google-maps/)

This folder does exist though and in fact a logfile is written to it containing the above error message.

There is no way to remove the ‘/’ since the value is dynamically generated by {uploads_dir}/wp-google-maps/

Even when I use a hardcoded value (C:\temp\) the ‘/’ is added and the error persists.

Changing to Database option seems to do nothing; the error message continues to be displayed at the top.

Finally, I can see an example map but no way to add any new maps..

Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks!

Should have clarified that I see an example map entry in the table. However, when I click on it, I get a Server Error 500, presumably caused by the same error.

This error seems to be introduced by update /* 6.0.32 – checked for beginning slash, but not on local host */

This is reported on the wpgmaps forums as well
https://www.wpgmaps.com/forums/topic/wp-google-maps-cannot-find-the-directory/

If I revert to version Version: 6.0.31 of wpgmaps there is no error. or if I remove this code update from the current version.

Running WordPress on IIS I have had the same problem.

The exact fix (which is not very clean, but works for me) is:

File: /wp-google-maps/wpGoogleMaps.php
Line: 2349-2352
Code:

/* 6.0.32 - checked for beginning slash, but not on local host */
if ((isset($_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']) && $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] == "127.0.0.1") || (isset($_SERVER['LOCAL_ADDR']) && $_SERVER['LOCAL_ADDR'] == "127.0.0.1")) { } else {
    if (substr($file, 0, 1) != "/") { $file = "/".$file; }
}

As you can see on line 2351 it checks for the path having to start with a slash (/).

So I changed line 2351 from:
if (substr($file, 0, 1) != "/") { $file = "/".$file; }

To:
if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "/" && substr($file, 0, 1) != "/") { $file = "/".$file; }

And everything works as planned.

Thanks for the replies all! Unfortunately, I needed to get something up and running asap so ended up using the CP Maps plugin which worked out of the box. Still, I’ll be trying the fix suggested later anyway as the WP Google Maps plugin looks very feature rich.