PHP FileUpload error

Question

What's wrong with this?

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="php/api/member_settings_profile_avatar.php">
    <input type="file" name="settings_choose_avatar" id="settings_choose_avatar">
    <input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>

php/api/member_settings_profile_avatar.php, line 2:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["settings_choose_avatar"]["tmp_name"], "img/test.png");

I get the following error upon submitting a valid .png file:

 Warning: move_uploaded_file(img/test.png): failed to open stream: No such 
file or directory in /customers/4/1/a/mysitenamehere.com/httpd.www/php/api
/member_settings_profile_avatar.php on line 2 Warning: move_uploaded_file():
 Unable to move '/customers/4/1/a/mysitenamehere.com/tmp/phpeN9wyk' to 
'img/test.png' in /customers/4/1/a/mysitenamehere.com/httpd.www/php/api
/member_settings_profile_avatar.php on line 2

Is it an issue with my host or what?

Does the path exist? Have you created the path before trying to upload (mkdir)? Is the path right? — Top Questions
– Top Questions, Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 13:33
If both answers to @TopQuestions questions are yes, have you check is_writable on the folder? — TMH
– TMH, Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 13:35
Are you sure your path is correct, do you want to store the image in the /php/api/img folder or did you perhaps mean /img (all relative to the web-root)? — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 13:37
I changed it to /img, same result. The img folder exists in the root. — david
– david, Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 13:44
The root of the web-server is not the same as the root of the file system. Where do you want to store the image? — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 13:45

Skatox · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-16 13:54:43Z

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The problem is the path of the destination should be relative to the root of the website. You can do it with $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] and adding the path to the folder where you want to upload the file.

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["settings_choose_avatar"]["tmp_name"], $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/img/test.png");

It will work if your current php file is at the website's root folder.

answered Jan 16, 2015 at 13:54

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