Manual:$wgUploadDirectory

Uploads: $wgUploadDirectory
The file system path of the upload directory.
Introduced in version:	pre 1.1.0
Removed in version:	still in use
Allowed values:	absolute path
Default value:	"{$IP}/images" "{$IP}/upload" prior to 1.8.0 (Note: The default value of this variable depends on other variables, such as the values set in Setup.php, after LocalSettings.php is executed)

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Details

The file system path of the folder where uploaded files will be stored.

This location needs to be writable by the web server. See Upload#Check directory security.

By default, uploaded files are actually stored in subfolders of $wgUploadDirectory. See Upload#Upload directory for information, and how to disable this behavior.

Note: There are other variables which are defined relative to this one. If you redefine this in your LocalSettings.php then all dependent variables including $wgUploadPath will need redefining also. If both these settings are not coherent the files will be uploaded to different folder ($wgUploadDirectory) than from where MediaWiki will try to retrieve it for viewing ($wgUploadPath)!

See also

• Manual:Configuring file uploads
• $wgHashedUploadDirectory