sys_get_temp_dir in shared hosting environment

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I am setting up PHP 5.3.10 on a shared host with apache2 mpm itk and open_basedir in a way, that each user may not see o

Answer 1

In case people end up here whos Problem is not solved with putenv...

... for me, it worked to set the sys_temp_dir using php's ini_set like this:

$tmpPath = realpath(__DIR__.'/../app/tmp');
ini_set('sys_temp_dir', $tmpPath);

I am running PHP 5.5.9 (cli) on a windows8 machine.