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I am experiencing the following error with uploadify and uploadifive:

PHP Warning:  File upload error - unable to create a temporary file in Unknown on line 0

This is an intermittent issue. Sometimes uploads work OK, sometimes not. Up until yesterday all was working well, and I am not aware of having made any changes to uploadify or uploadifive. At the front end it appears that uploads have completed successfully, i.e. no errors are reported and the onQueueComplete event fires, but files are not showing in my upload folder, and the error above shows in my error_log.

I'm wondering what I can do to troubleshoot this issue.

ADDITIONAL SESSION ERRORS:

PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/tmp/sess_6d08c1a8c3703bb08a3dc585e1828109, O_RDWR) failed: No space left on device (28) in /home/..../uploadifive.php on line 6

PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_6d08c1a8c3703bb08a3dc585e1828109, O_RDWR) failed: No space left on device (28) in Unknown on line 0

PHP Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0
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It seems that your /tmp has space issues.

You can check the disc space size by running df -h on the console.

If you cannot clear the /tmp space issue, you could consider moving the temporary upload file path: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.upload-tmp-dir

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Thanks. I am a newbie when it comes to these matters, so have a couple of newbie questions. how do I run the console (I'm on a Mac if this makes any difference?). Regarding moving the temporary upload file path, I don't have access to php.ini as I'm on a shared server. Can I create a separate php.ini file to override the path to the temp dir, and if so, where would I put this file on my server?
@nick if you're getting these errors on your shared host you better contact the provider.
Thanks again Jack. My provider got back to me to say the issue is fixed, and uploads are working fine now, so it was a server issue.
@Nick great! glad to hear your problems are over :)
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unable to create a temporary file in Unknown implies that your temp path isn't set, or can't be read. Try restarting your server and try again. If that doesn't work, check that your php.ini has a temp path set.

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Thanks. I just got my host to restart my server, but that didn't help. My site is on a shared server, so I presume I don't have access to php.ini. I will contact the host again, asking them to check if a temp path is set.
The host has stated "the tmp folder will be set fine to the user in our servers". I am going to post a ticket with the host so that it gets escalated to a more senior technician.
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Check the permissions of the tmp folder.

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By tmp folder do you mean the 'tmp' folder in the root of my server? If so, permissions are 755. Also I am now seeing other errors, which I have added to the question above.
The additional errors disappear when I disable the session_start() on uploadifive.php. I still get the main error though.
according with you ADDITIONAL SESSION ERRORS: PHP Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/tmp/sess_6d08c1a8c3703bb08a3dc585e1828109, O_RDWR) failed: No space left on device (28) in /home/..../uploadifive.php on line 6, the permission is not main reason. i think the jack answers is correct.
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Check the disc space size by running df -h

check the root volume, try to clear unwanted files or increase the space. This fixed the issue for me

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