I can't upload any avatars in my site (Page 1 of 3)

Same response.

Is the server using PHP in safe_mode?
(the attachment mod doesn't work with it on, the installation script cannot copy a file and stops, even though the chmod is correct on the directories)

I know, but it's about file handling on both, and that the chmod was correct
the exact phenomen happens in the attachment mod, the chmod is correct but it still fails, and it's due to PHP beeing in safe_mode

In same server, there is also a forum called CatCollection which uses phpBB, its fuction of uploading avatars is fine.

By the way, I'm a female student.

Well, that error comes from here:

if (!@move_uploaded_file($uploaded_file['tmp_name'], $pun_config['o_avatars_dir'].'/'.$id.'.tmp'))
     message($lang_profile['Move failed'].' <a href="mailto:'.$pun_config['o_admin_email'].'">'.$pun_config['o_admin_email'].'</a>.');

Try removing the @ and see what error you get

I've removed @, and here is the error message:

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/phpuG0pYo) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/) in /home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/profile.php on line 365

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/phpuG0pYo) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/) in /home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/profile.php on line 365

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/tmp/phpuG0pYo) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/profile.php on line 365

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpuG0pYo' to 'img/avatars/33.tmp' in /home/www/webs/redcat/cc/chita/profile.php on line 365

I've sent an email to him.

turn off avatars until he has time to answer I suppose will remove the errors ...

That's quite annoying =/

Just install the remote avatar mod...

If people can "post data" you can set the avatar submission form to a certain type of data, I forget the name, but what is sent to the server ends up looking like an attachment from an e-mail. Then with a php function you decrypt it (At least I know perl has that ability, php should too). Finally, you send that data to the database. /tmp is never touched, unless the host has done some serious editing of their httpd servers source code.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interac … ef-enctype

<form action="blah" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<!-- blah -->
<input type="file" ...>

That should upload the file in the post data, and not to a temporary location, as far as I know anyways... But I suppose I could be wrong... It be the first time lol

EDIT --

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2388.txt

Looks like the specs specify what the httpd app can do with that data... it has to go to the perl script in the same way that a multi-part e-mail message would show up in telnet. I'm unsure how php handles this, but i'm assuming it's the same thing. If something ends up in tmp, it's probably due to the way profile.php and/or php stores that data, and very litle to do with the w3 specs.

EDIT --

Hummm, found this:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread925.html looks like php uses tmp for the FILES variable...

Might have to use something with power server side, like perl... I really wish php was just perl with ?> substituted as END; and <?php substituted as print <<END... but such is life...

Lemme see if there's a way to "bypass" the FILES variable...

EDIT --

Hurm... almost there... gimme a few more...