How to change the directory for temporary PHP files of a particular PHP version in Plesk

Question

How to change the directory for temporary PHP files of a particular PHP version in Plesk?

Answer

1. Log in to Plesk.

    

2. Go to Tools & Settings > PHP Settings > select a required PHP version (no matter CGI, FastCGI or FPM) > switch to the php.ini tab.

   Note: On a Plesk server, the php.ini file location is /opt/plesk/php/X.X/etc/php.ini, where X.X – a PHP version.

   

3. Find the directive upload_tmp_dir: Uncomment the line and change its value to a required path. In this example it is “/var/tmp”:

   ; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not
   ; specified).
   ; http://php.net/upload-tmp-dir
   upload_tmp_dir = /var/tmp

4. Additionally for PHP versions 5.6 and greater, find the directive sys_temp_dir: Uncomment the line and change its value to a required path. In this example, it is “/var/tmp”:

   ; Directory where the temporary files should be placed.
   ; Defaults to the system default (see sys_get_temp_dir)
   sys_temp_dir = "/var/tmp"

5. Click OK to apply the changes.

6. Now, add the new path (in this example, it is “/var/tmp”) to open_basedir of all domains, so that PHP scripts can access this directory. Use this KB article for assistance.

   Note: In this example, the record to be added to the php.txt file will be:

   open_basedir = {WEBSPACEROOT}{/}{:}{TMP}{/}:/var/tmp