Laravel Version 5.0.33
> php artisan tinker [ErrorException] mkdir(): Permission denied This is on a production server, I was trying to test a command with tinker as the web user. This user owns every directory in the base path, so I'm not sure what directory is attempted to be created when I run artisan tinker.
Using very verbose -vvv, I was able to get a stack trace.
Exception trace: () at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/psy/psysh/src/Psy/Configuration.php:459 Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions->handleError() at n/a:n/a mkdir() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/psy/psysh/src/Psy/Configuration.php:459 Psy\Configuration->getHistoryFile() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/psy/psysh/src/Psy/Configuration.php:598 Psy\Configuration->getReadline() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/psy/psysh/src/Psy/Shell.php:78 Psy\Shell->__construct() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/TinkerCommand.php:51 Illuminate\Foundation\Console\TinkerCommand->fire() at n/a:n/a call_user_func_array() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php:526 Illuminate\Container\Container->call() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php:115 Illuminate\Console\Command->execute() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php:257 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php:101 Illuminate\Console\Command->run() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:874 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:195 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:126 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php:94 Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle() at /data1/vhosts/admin.stewartcoopercoon.com/artisan:36 getHistoryFile() attempts to create a file in the user home directory, not the application directory. This user's home was set to /var/www/html but it didn't have execute permissions on that folder.
Place .psysh.php in the root of a Laravel project with this content
<?php return [ 'runtimeDir' => './.psysh', ]; More info https://github.com/laravel/tinker/issues/34#issuecomment-357550126