Have you had the following error in the past? Could not determine temp directory, please specify a cache_dir manually "
Here is a tutorial that shows how to resolve the " Could not determine temp directory, please specify a cache_dir manually " message in Magento. This error sometimes occurs when you are trying to access some areas of the admin panel. In my case I was able to fix a issue with products not adding to the cart.
Here are the steps:
1) Open Magento root directory and create tmp folder. 2) Set directory permissions to 755 or 777
2) Open “lib/Zend/Cache/Backend/File.php“, and locate the following code
protected $_options = array( ‘cache_dir’ => null,
replace with
protected $_options = array( ‘cache_dir’ => ‘tmp’,