Question
How to fix PHP Fatal error: Uncaught --> Smarty: unable to write file
I just setup a new droplet on which I unzipped a prestashop installation.
I get this error when trying to access the admin area:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught --> Smarty: unable to write file /var/www/testapp/public_html/cache/smarty/compile/9b/4f/93/wrt5513f60bb63d41_15387074 <-- \n thrown in /var/www/testapp/public_html/tools/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_write_file.php on line 46
I’ve tried the following without any luck:
codesudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/testapp/public_html/
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/testapp/public_html/
tried with permissions 777 over cache folder - still doesn't work
Any suggestions?
I’ve found many other users with this problem but none of their fixes worked for me.
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If you logged as root user don’t use your code like below.
you should use this code to give the permissions
We can use the $USER environmental variable to assign ownership to the account that we are currently signed in on (make sure you’re not logged in as root).
please recreate the instance and try again. it should be work.
Set www-data:www-data permissionon as;