# Wp\_upload\_dir() not reporting correct path **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Guides\ **Created:** [December 15, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948 "2022-12-15T21:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert\_Craig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/robert_craig/32/1726_2.png) [@Robert\_Craig](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Robert_Craig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948/1 "2022-12-15T21:27:24Z")
Has anyone had problems using the wp\_upload\_dir() function. In my install which is on ubuntu it reports as /www/kinsta/public/framerpress/wp-content/uploads/ but is actually /home/robert/DevKinsta/public/framerpress/wp-content/uploads $uploads = wp\_uploads\_dir(); error\_log($uploads[‘basedir’]); So my script is unable to find the files I have in uploads. Is there some other way I should be doing this? ---
**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948/2 "2022-12-16T03:23:19Z")
Hello @Robert_Craig 👋 Welcome to DevKinsta community! I’ve checked the same with this simple PHP script I took from the Internet (and that I modified a bit) - as I’m not a web developer/programmer 😃 and, I then saved that php file under my `/home/myusername/DevKinsta/public/my-site-site/` ```auto value pairs /* $upload_dir now contains something like the following (if successful) Array ( [path] => C:\path\to\wordpress\wp-content\uploads\2010\05 [url] => http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05 [subdir] => /2010/05 [basedir] => C:\path\to\wordpress\wp-content\uploads [baseurl] => http://example.com/wp-content/uploads [error] => ) // Descriptions [path] - base directory and sub directory or full path to upload directory. [url] - base url and sub directory or absolute URL to upload directory. [subdir] - sub directory if uploads use year/month folders option is on. [basedir] - path without subdir. [baseurl] - URL path without subdir. [error] - set to false. */ echo "Upload dir:

"; echo "Path: " . $upload_dir['path'] . '
'; echo "URL: " . $upload_dir['url'] . '
'; echo "Subdir: " . $upload_dir['subdir'] . '
'; echo "Basedir: " .$upload_dir['basedir'] . '
'; echo "Baseurl: " . $upload_dir['baseurl'] . '
'; echo $upload_dir['error'] . '
'; $upload_url = ( $upload_dir['url'] ); $upload_url_alt = ( $upload_dir['baseurl'] . $upload_dir['subdir'] ); // Now echo the final result echo "Upload URL: " . $upload_url . '
'; // Output - http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05 // Using year and month based folders, the below will be the same as the line above. echo "Upload URL alt: " . $upload_url_alt . '
'; // Output - http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05 ?> ``` and indeed, the “ **basedir** ” from that _**wp\_upload\_dir()**_ function returned with something like (which is expected): > /www/kinsta/public/site-name/wp-content/uploads instead of something like this: > /home/username/DevKinsta/public/site-site/wp-content/uploads ![Screenshot from 2022-12-16 10-20-25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/8/8f4c5622561cf9a51ded50b116d62364a6c1ffee.png) It’s because the **basedir** array value would be returned by the PHP that’s processed in the FPM docker container (the WordPress/site’s php scripts are processed by the PHP inside this FPM docker container) where the particular site’s path is located under that `/www/kinsta/public/site-name/` You can enter to that docker fpm container via command line (from the Linux terminal) with this command: > `docker exec -it devkinsta_fpm bash` ![Screenshot from 2022-12-16 10-05-30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/0/0f0e2a71436a7d15e1c80a6b53ce623074dbd7db.png) In that docker fpm container, if you run the PHP script via CLI ( `php scriptname.php` ) , it would return the same basedir value: ![Screenshot from 2022-12-16 10-13-27](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/d/ddad749ef65d3c05f3bb8972e703f4082c91a2fa.png) Hope this helps/answers to your question and you may want to use that basedir value returned (e.g: `/www/kinsta/public/framerpress/wp-content/uploads/` ) in your custom script to make it work correctly/properly 😃 . You may also want to consult with your web developers/programmers if necessary, as we don’t provide support for custom PHP scripts/development related. Cheers, Agus ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Craig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/robert_craig/32/1726_2.png) [@Robert\_Craig](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Robert_Craig)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948/3 "2022-12-16T11:16:01Z")
Hi thanks for the internals understanding - that makes complete sense. I am the developer 😉 Was able to resolve the issue meantime. Thanks for taking the time to assist 🙂 This thread can definitely be closed now - once again thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948/4 "2022-12-19T02:39:23Z")
Nice! glad to hear that @Robert_Craig👍 You’re most welcome! 😄 Alright, I will close this thread now! ---
**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948/5 "2022-12-19T02:40:21Z")