sys_get_temp_dir in shared hosting environment

Question

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I am setting up PHP 5.3.10 on a shared host with apache2 mpm itk and open_basedir in a way, that each user may not see o

Answer 1

It looks like you can change the value returned by sys_get_temp_dir(), I have just tried on apache 2.4 and php 5.6.27.

Add a sys_temp_dir in the virtualhost:

php_admin_value sys_temp_dir "/var/www/alternc/f/fser/tmp"

Restart apache, and print the value in a web page using sys_get_temp_dir():

<?php 
echo sys_get_temp_dir () ;

Produces the expected output: /var/www/alternc/f/fser/tmp.