Get Error "Directory does not exist or is not a directory" but it is.

After I login I get this error: The directory you specified to scan for databases does not exist or is not a directory.

I'm using // Version: 1.9.7.1

The start of my phpliteadmin file says:

//password to gain access
$password = 'passwordremoved';

//directory relative to this file to search for databases (if false, manually list databases in the $databases variable)
$directory = '/var/lib/sambashare/data';

//whether or not to scan the subdirectories of the above directory infinitely deep
$subdirectories = false;

//if the above $directory variable is set to false, you must specify the databases manually in an array as the next variable
//if any of the databases do not exist as they are referenced by their path, they will be created automatically

/* ---- Interface settings ---- */

// Theme! If you want to change theme, save the CSS file in same folder of phpliteadmin or in folder "themes"
$theme = 'phpliteadmin.css';

// the default language! If you want to change it, save the language file in same folder of phpliteadmin or in folder "languages"
// More about localizations (downloads, how to translate etc.): https://bitbucket.org/phpliteadmin/public/wiki/Localization
$language = 'en';

// set default number of rows. You need to relog after changing the number
$rowsNum = 30;

// reduce string characters by a number bigger than 10
$charsNum = 300;

// maximum number of SQL queries to save in the history
$maxSavedQueries = 10;

/* ---- Custom functions ---- */
//a list of custom functions that can be applied to columns in the databases
//make sure to define every function below if it is not a core PHP function
$custom_functions = array(
        'md5', 'sha1', 'time', 'strtotime',
        // add the names of your custom functions to this array
        /* 'leet_text', */
);

// define your custom functions here
/*
function leet_text($value)
{
  return strtr($value, 'eaAsSOl', '344zZ01');
}
*/


/* ---- Advanced options ---- */

//changing the following variable allows multiple phpLiteAdmin installs to work under the same domain.
$cookie_name = 'pla3412';

//whether or not to put the app in debug mode where errors are outputted
$debug = true;

// the user is allowed to create databases with only these extensions
$allowed_extensions = array('db','db3','sqlite','sqlite3');


// English language-texts.
// Read our wiki on how to translate: https://bitbucket.org/phpliteadmin/public/wiki/Localization

I tried setting the owner of both the file and the directory as root and www-data, and it's been chmod 777 and I still get the error: -rwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 2490368 Jun 17 21:37

Current PHP version: 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.

I've used this SQL database file in other versions of PHP, but had to resinstall my computer. Can access this file using other methods.

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