Zend Framework : Could not determine temp director

Question

I am just learning Zend Framework. I created a simple Zend_Form and when I submitted the form I got following error:

An error occurred
Application error
Exception information:

Message: Could not determine temp directory, please specify a cache_dir manually
Stack trace:

 - 0 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Cache\Backend.php(197): Zend_Cache::throwException('Could not deter...')
 - 1 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Cache\Backend\File.php(123): Zend_Cache_Backend->getTmpDir()
 - 2 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Cache.php(153): Zend_Cache_Backend_File->__construct(Array)
 - 3 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Cache.php(94): Zend_Cache::_makeBackend('File', Array, false, false)
 - 4 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Locale\Data.php(314): Zend_Cache::factory('Core', 'File', Array, Array)
 - 5 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Locale\Format.php(808): Zend_Locale_Data::getList('en_US', 'day')
 - 6 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Locale\Format.php(1118): Zend_Locale_Format::_parseDate('12/12/2010', Array)
 - 7 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Date.php(4765): Zend_Locale_Format::getDate('12/12/2010', Array)
 - 8 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Validate\Date.php(175): Zend_Date::isDate('12/12/2010', 'MM-DD-YYYY', NULL)
 - 9 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Form\Element.php(1395): Zend_Validate_Date->isValid('12/12/2010', Array)
 - 10 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Form.php(2252): Zend_Form_Element->isValid('12/12/2010', Array)
 - 11 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\localhost\zfprojects\zf_cms\application\controllers\BugController.php(30): Zend_Form->isValid(Array)
 - 12 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Controller\Action.php(513): BugController->submitAction()
 - 13 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Controller\Dispatcher\Standard.php(295): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch('submitAction')
 - 14 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Controller\Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
 - 15 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Application\Bootstrap\Bootstrap.php(97): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
 - 16 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\zendframework\Zend\Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
 - 17 H:\Documents\IIS_Server_Root\localhost\zfprojects\zf_cms\public\index.php(26): Zend_Application->run()
 - 18 {main}  

Request Parameters:

array (
  'controller' => 'bug',
  'action' => 'submit',
  'module' => 'default',
  'author' => '7676',
  'email' => '[e-mail]',
  'date' => '12/12/2010',
  'url' => 'http://blogs.antarjaal.in/takneek/?p=1354',
  'description' => 'tytytyty t',
  'priority' => 'low',
  'status' => 'new',
  'submit' => 'Submit',
)  

System config:

• Windows 7
• IIS 7.5
• PHP 5.3
• Zend Framework 1.11.4

Answer 1

you can put in .htaccess

SetEnv TEMP /tmp

Answer 2

I have created "tmp" folder in the main directory it worked for me

Answer 3

I think this solve the problem , it solved it for me

Zend_Date::setOptions(array('cache' => $cache)); // Active aussi pour Zend_Locale
Zend_Translate::setCache($cache);

add it after setting your cache in the bootstrap.php

Answer 4

Turn off/disable cache :) Why do you use it for simple app, when learning? There are more important things to learn ;)

Answer 5

Something like this should be helpful:

$_SERVER['TEMP'] =  realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/tmp');

Answer 6

When looking at the Zend/Cache/Backend.php code, there are some alternatives to allow correct guessing of the cache_dir:

• Setting evironment variables like TMPDIR, TEMP or TMP
• set "upload_tmp_dir" in php.ini
• allow access to "/tmp" or "\temp"

At least that's how I read the code:

/**
 * Determine system TMP directory and detect if we have read access
 *
 * inspired from Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Abstract
 *
 * @return string
 * @throws Zend_Cache_Exception if unable to determine directory
 */
public function getTmpDir()
{
    $tmpdir = array();
    foreach (array($_ENV, $_SERVER) as $tab) {
        foreach (array('TMPDIR', 'TEMP', 'TMP', 'windir', 'SystemRoot') as $key) {
            if (isset($tab[$key])) {
                if (($key == 'windir') or ($key == 'SystemRoot')) {
                    $dir = realpath($tab[$key] . '\\temp');
                } else {
                    $dir = realpath($tab[$key]);
                }
                if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir($dir)) {
                    return $dir;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    $upload = ini_get('upload_tmp_dir');
    if ($upload) {
        $dir = realpath($upload);
        if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir($dir)) {
            return $dir;
        }
    }
    if (function_exists('sys_get_temp_dir')) {
        $dir = sys_get_temp_dir();
        if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir($dir)) {
            return $dir;
        }
    }
    // Attemp to detect by creating a temporary file
    $tempFile = tempnam(md5(uniqid(rand(), TRUE)), '');
    if ($tempFile) {
        $dir = realpath(dirname($tempFile));
        unlink($tempFile);
        if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir($dir)) {
            return $dir;
        }
    }
    if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir('/tmp')) {
        return '/tmp';
    }
    if ($this->_isGoodTmpDir('\\temp')) {
        return '\\temp';
    }
    Zend_Cache::throwException('Could not determine temp directory, please specify a cache_dir manually');
}