Miscellaneous Settings: Upload location?

Believe that’s in the wp_options table.

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Is that where the value is stored when I save the settings? I was hoping to know where the default value comes from.

I have a fresh install of wordpress and didn’t supply a value before I opened the misecllaneous settings area so I’m wondering how wordpress came up with the value thats stored in the text box when I opened it.

Looks like that’s in the function wp_get_attachment_url in wp-includes/post.php

I’m not really intersted in how wordpress goes about storing, saving and reading back the value I’m more interested in how the value itself is supplied to wordpress in the first place.

Does the installer read the value from apache or php configuration files?

Initially i’d imagine the installer creates the path based on whether a value was entered, if no value entered then a default path is created based on where WordPress has been installed to..

As michael said, i think it’s stored in the options table and initially created by the installer, then updated by WordPress whenever you change the value..

… the value I’m more interested in how the value itself is supplied to wordpress in the first place.

The value isn’t ‘supplied’ to WP. WP assumes the value unless told otherwise. Its built into the WP core. Looks like it is probably written into the DB at install under the option_name == upload_path in the wp_options table. I’d have to do more investigating to say for sure though.

Would it be possible to use relative addressing instead of absolute addressing
i.e if wordpress is located in htdocs/wordpress/ then miscellanous settings would create/use a folder relative to that?

Store uploads in this folder – Enter the folder (directory) to where you want to upload files with the Administration > Posts > Add New Upload function. You must enter a folder relative to your WordPress address (URI) folder. WordPress suggests an upload directory of wp-content/uploads. Use the suggestion, or modify it to a relative path of your choice. If your wp-content folder is writeable, WordPress will automatically create this folder when you do the first upload using the Administration > Posts > Add New Upload function.

Have you looked at the Codex at all?

If I’m running on localhost/wordpress would it make sense to use the “Full URL path to files” instead?

because if I enter the value “/wp-content/uploads” in the store uploads field wp creats a folder on c:\wp-content\uploads but thats nowhere near wp’s webroot

on the otherhand if I enter
“wordpress/wp-content/uploads” wp creates the folder “wordpress/wp-content/uploads” in the wp webroot which is in my case is

c:\mywordpress\builds\ver2\htdocs\wordpress\

Is there a bug in the way wp handles folders if they are only 2 levels instead of 3

It differs between configs…

My local installation requires
www/wp-content/uploads

My website uses
wp-content/uploads

..both in the top level folder of the web viewable area (so public_html or www usually)

I ended up with my uploads in the wrong place on the local install until i realised the path was wrong ..

That leading slash indicates ‘start at the top level’ on *nix machines and apparently on windows too, which explains the results you are getting. I’m surprised that WP allows writes outside of its directory though. Seems a wee bit dangerous.

On a related note, I have had issues with the upload folder’s location when WordPress ‘content’ folder is setup a level higher as explained in Editing wp-config.

Since the path is supposed to be relative, I added ‘../’ to move higher, which works fine except that the links are now formed as https://example/wordpress/../content/media.

It is nothing more than annoying, but I would like to see the full path resolved before it is saved.