move_uploaded_file gives “failed to open stream: Permission denied” error

Question

I keep getting this error when trying to configure the upload directory with Apache 2.2 and PHP 5.3 on CentOS.

In php.ini:

upload_tmp_dir = /var/www/ht         


        

Answer 1

This worked for me.

sudo adduser  www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R g+rwX /var/www

Then logout or reboot.

If SELinux complains, try the following

sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www(/.*)?'
sudo restorecon -Rv '/var/www(/.*)?'