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Asked: 2026-06-12T14:06:29+00:00

I’m trying to troubleshoot this error, but I have had no luck. Warning: mkdir()

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I’m trying to troubleshoot this error, but I have had no luck. 

Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in Users/myuser/Sites/mysite.me/git/framework/libs/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_write_file.php

I keep getting the mkdir() [function.mkdir]: permission denied error in one particular folder. I have made sure to chmod 777 foldername through linux and it still hasn’t worked. I am doing this on a local machine through XAMPP. I’ve also made sure to make sure it is read and write for everyone from a GUI standpoint. I’m still having no luck. Thoughts?

I’m getting a warning for mkdir, chmod, touch, rename, and include.

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  1. Editorial Team

    For anybody who ends up here from there:

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12801733/php-upload-outside-web-root-permission-denied-to-mkdir was marked as an exact duplicate of this thread. That thread was also cross-posted to the AWS forums where it received an answer.

    That said, the accepted answer here is actually wrong. (Maybe not wrong wrong, but still somewhat wrong.) The better way to approach this is to have the owner/group of the Apache process match the owner/group of the directory that you want Apache (and in-turn, PHP) to be able to write to.

    This way, you’re granting access to specific, managed users instead of opening up your file system permissions too broadly.

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