ZipArchive::close(): Renaming temporary file failed: Permission denied

Question

I have this strange error, when I try to delete a file inside a compressed directory :

ZipArchive::close(): Renaming temporary file failed: Permission denied in /MyDirectory/myphpscript.php

Here is my code :

<?php

    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    $compressedDirectoryPath = '/Users/Shared/SampleZip.zip';

    $zip = new ZipArchive();

    if ($zip->open($compressedDirectoryPath) === true) { 
        if ($zip->deleteName('SampleZip/samplefile.txt') === true) {
            echo 'File deleted';
        } 
    }

    $zip->close(); // the error is pointing here

?>

The echo executes successfully and prints File deleted. I am running a Mac and the permissions on the compressed directory is read & write for all users. What could be the issue?

Have you shared full code here? If not, are you trying to create or print logs in some text file in your code? — Ashraf.Shk786, Mar 11 '17 at 19:34

JazZ · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-06T12:11:04.607

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As the error tells you, this is a permission problem. Make sure the apache user (www-data) has the write permission on the directory where the zip archive is.

After that, your code will work as expected.

Good luck !

edited Aug 06 '18 at 12:11

answered Mar 12 '17 at 09:22

JazZ

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '20 at 08:43

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This can also happen when you open the output file on server itself and keep it open while trying to run the script again.

answered Dec 11 '20 at 08:43

Paul

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Note: answers that are very brief and/or are questions back to the poster should probably be comments. You only need 50 rep points to comment under a question - could you move this there? – Tyler2P Dec 11 '20 at 09:44

ZipArchive::close(): Renaming temporary file failed: Permission denied

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