PHP Uploading file unsuccessful

Question

I'm trying to upload a file to my local server, but it keeps being unsuccessful.

All my files are inside /var/www/html/ However I made a folder called uploads in the html folder, and I changed its permissions to 777 (what I took on average from searching was the best for my needs)

this is my code: index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

upload.php

<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES['fileToUpload']['name']);
echo "Target File: " . $target_file . "<br />";

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).  " has been uploaded";
} else{
    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}
?>

Clue: Look at your input name and the other two in the $_FILES arrays. Look at those very carefully. You will find your own answer and would have performed your first debugging operation. ;-) — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Jan 12, 2015 at 15:53
@CD001 Probably thinking that if folder was set to 755 and that didn't work, then 777 "must" work then. — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Jan 12, 2015 at 15:58

Umair Ayub · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 16:43:06Z

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Your Input file is

<input name="uploadedfile" type="file" />

so change $_FILES['fileToUpload']['name'] to $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']

$_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'] Must have the value of Name attribute of your file field

answered Jan 12, 2015 at 16:43

Umair Ayub

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lacking-cypher Over a year ago

Cheers for answering! I appreciate it

tihox1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 16:27:28Z

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You didn't set the variable

$target_path

you meant but not used

$target_file

instead.

answered Jan 12, 2015 at 16:27

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lacking-cypher Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply! A tad embarrassing for that to be there. However i'm still getting the same unsuccessful upload

Umair Ayub Over a year ago

You are wrong. OP is using wrong Input Field name inside $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'] See my answer

Jason Bassett · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 16:38:50Z

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Try This:

index.html

 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <body>
 <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload.php" method="POST">
 Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
 <input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
 </form>
 </body>
 </html>

upload.php

if(isset($_FILES["uploadedfile"]["type"]) && ($_FILES["uploadedfile"]["size"] < 5000000)){
      $sourcePath = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'];
      $file = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
      $targetPath = "/uploads/".$file;
      if(move_uploaded_file($sourcePath,$targetPath)){
      echo "The file: ".$_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']." has been uploaded";
   }else{
      echo "Looks like it failed.";
   }
}else{
   echo "You forgot to select a file, or the file size is too large.";
}

So what this does is checks if a file exists and checks if it's smaller than 5MB. If so it moves on to the upload part.

edited Jan 12, 2015 at 16:38

answered Jan 12, 2015 at 16:22

Jason Bassett

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lacking-cypher Over a year ago

Thanks for replying, but it just doesn't seem to work. It's just failing every time, regardless of the code

Jason Bassett Over a year ago

What kind of server are you running? @luna-games

lacking-cypher Over a year ago

@jasson-basset Thanks for the reply, I'm running a local apache server

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