SplFileInfo::openFile(/app/tmp/cache/persistent/cake_core_cake_console_):failed to open stream:Permission denied in /lib/…/FileEngine.php line 293

Question

I am working on a CakePHP 2 project. It originally started out in 2.0.x and then recently migrated to 2.1.0. Throughout the whole development process, I have been receivin

Answer 1

You can resolve this by adding a mask to your config in core.php

Cache::config('default', array(
    'engine' => 'File',
    'mask' => 0666,
));

Answer 2

If you're encountering the SplFileInfo error in CakePHP2 and you're absolutely certain that your file/directory permissions are set up properly, then one other thing to check is your PHP version. Cake2 requires PHP 5.2.8 or greater and although you'd usually be alerted on the default page if you were using the wrong version, you wouldn't be alerted if you'd developed your app on one server and then moved it to another.

I experienced this error after developing a Cake2 app on a PHP5.3 server and then moving it to a PHP 5.1 server. Upgrading to 5.2.17 (which is above 5.2.8) solved the problem.