Php File uploading not working

Question

The html file

<html>
<head><title> Form Uploading </title></head>
<body>
<h3>File upload </h3>
Select a File <BR />
<Form action ="upload.php" method = "post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name ="file" sieze = "50" >
<input type ="submit" value = "Upload File">
</form>
<body>
</html>

The php file

<?php
if($_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ] != ""){
       copy ( $_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ], "C:\Users\Acasa\Desktop".$_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ]) ;#or 
       #die( "Could not copy file!");
    echo $_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ];
}else{ 


echo "Sent File".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'name']."<BR />";
echo "Size File".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'size']."<BR />";
echo "Type File".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'type']."<BR />";
}
?>

Both are in the same dir.

I want to try the code from tutorialspoint.com but for some reason it`s not working... I want to copy the uploaded file into another dir they used function copy and not move_uploaded_file

Any suggestion why it`s not working?

Whenever something doesn't work, enable error_reporting. It'll give you two hints here. — mario
– mario, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 15:52
Use move_uploaded_file with $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'] instead of copy. — Marcel Korpel
– Marcel Korpel, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 15:52
Yea it have some good parts and some bad parts...Any php site tutorial you know? Thanks in advance — user2979622
– user2979622, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 15:53
I want to copy the uploaded file into another dir they used function copy and not move_uploaded_file so you want to do this the wrong way on purpose? Is this how you aim to learn PHP? Do you think this is a desirable skill for a programmer to have? — John Conde
– John Conde, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 15:55

Julien F. · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-07 15:59:49Z

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You should use the move_uploaded_file() function instead of copy() :

<?php
if ( move_uploaded_file ( $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] , 
     "YOUR_PATH".$your_file_name ) )
   echo "Download completed";
else
   echo "Error";
?>

Don't forget to check format, size, etc.. before.

answered Dec 7, 2013 at 15:59

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user2979622 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-07 16:06:17Z

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<?php
if($_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ] != ""){
       move_uploaded_file ( $_FILES[ 'file'][ 'tmp_name' ], "C:\Users\Acasa\Desktop".$_FILES[ 'file'][ 'name' ]) or 
       die( "Could not copy file!");
}else{ 
    die("no file found");
}

echo "Sent File: ".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'name']."<BR />";
echo "Size File: ".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'size']."<BR />";
echo "Type File: ".$_FILES[ 'file' ][ 'type']."<BR />";

?>

answered Dec 7, 2013 at 16:06

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Bala Krishnan · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-26 05:40:52Z

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It is working. You should use the move_uploaded_file() function instead of copy() :

answered Mar 26, 2016 at 5:40

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