Another “Unable to create directory”

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    16 years, 4 months ago

    Hi there,
    I run WP2.6 on XAMPP ontop of a XP box. After install I first tried to create a post with a picture an received the “Unable to create direcotry” error. I checked the write permissions but the error resists. I digged around an found a nice bug… My directory structure is set up with trailing numbers like this:
    f:6_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs
    I useing this kind of structure since years an had never a problem – until today. If you set up your WP please check the “Miscellaneous Settings” >> “Uploading”. The setting “Store uploads in this folder” contains the path. I my case it looked like this:
    “f:6_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload” what was totaly wrong. I tried to correct it and experienced that WP interprate the “” secuence in my path! To store the correct path in the db I had to key in the following:
    “f:\06_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload”. WP sores the correct value “f:6_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload” afterwards in the db.
    I took me quite a while finding this one – so i thought it could be helpfull. ??
    Regards,
    AxelT

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  • Thread Starter 779614

    Huuuuuuuu

    as you can see in this post every “\0” will be interprated within every form!

    AxelT

    Thread Starter 779614

    Here the correct text form above…
    I run WP2.6 on XAMPP ontop of a XP box. After install I first tried to create a post with a picture an received the “Unable to create direcotry” error. I checked the write permissions but the error resists. I digged around an found a nice bug… My directory structure is set up with trailing numbers like this:
    f:\06_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs
    I using this kind of structure since years an had never a problem – until today. If you set up your WP please check the “Miscellaneous Settings” >> “Uploading”. The setting “Store uploads in this folder” contains the path. I my case it looked like this:
    “f:6_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload” what was totaly wrong. I tried to correct it and experienced that WP interprate the “\0” secuence in my path! To store the correct path in the db I had to key in the following:
    “f:\\006_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload”. WP sores the correct value “f:\06_Web_Dev\xampp\htdocs\pages\wp-content\upload” afterwards in the db.
    I took me quite a while finding this one – so i thought it could be helpfull. ??

    hei..i tried to do that..nothing have changed..can you help me?
    my wp is WordPress v.2.5.1 and i’m using internet exploer..what can i do???

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