php move_uploaded_file not creating file

Question

I am having a problem with move_uploaded_file().

I am trying to upload a image path to a database, which is working perfectly and everything is being uploaded and stored into the database correctly.

However, for some reason the move_uploaded_file is not working at all, it does not produce the file in the directory where I want it to, in fact it doesn't produce any file at all.

The file uploaded in the form has a name of leftfileToUpload and this is the current code I am using.

 $filetemp = $_FILES['leftfileToUpload']['tmp_name'];
 $filename = $_FILES['leftfileToUpload']['name'];
 $filetype = $_FILES['leftfileToUpload']['type'];
 $filepath = "business-ads/".$filename;

This is the code for moving the uploaded file.

move_uploaded_file($filetemp, $filepath);

Thanks in advance

Have you enabled the write privileges of the directory? – Alok Patel Oct 04 '16 at 13:13 — Alok Patel, Oct 04 '16 at 13:13
Yes the permission is set to 777 – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:13 — miotk, Oct 04 '16 at 13:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '16 at 14:34

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Try this

$target_dir = "business-ads/";
$filepath = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["leftfileToUpload"]["name"]);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["leftfileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $filepath)

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answered Oct 04 '16 at 14:34

Kamran Khatti

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 13:14

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Try using the real path to the directory you wish to upload to.

For instance "/var/www/html/website/business-ads/".$filename

Also make sure the web server has write access to the folder.

answered Oct 04 '16 at 13:14

Blinkydamo

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I tried that.. "/httpdocs/business-ads/" still doesn't do anything in there – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:16
What type of webserver are you running? – Blinkydamo Oct 04 '16 at 13:17
Plesk I believe the web server is – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:18
Not sure if this will help but have a look at teh output from this and see if it works for you, I don't have much knowledge of hosted server as I run my own. `` – Blinkydamo Oct 04 '16 at 13:21
I have yes and it just states that its failed to open stream, there is no such file or directory. – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:21
Have a look at this [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36577020/php-failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory/36577021#36577021](Link) – Blinkydamo Oct 04 '16 at 13:23
I've tried that, I know the directory does exist with the correct permissions so I can't understand why it isn't copying them over to the directory – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 11 '21 at 06:38

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make sure that your given path is correct in respect to your current file path. you may use.

if (is_dir("business-ads"))
{
    move_uploaded_file($filetemp, $filepath);
} else {
    die('directory not found.');
}

edited Mar 11 '21 at 06:38

NXT

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answered Oct 04 '16 at 13:25

Pradyut Manna

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It states that the directory is not found, however I know that it is there? – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:28
is "business-ads" directory and the php page is exists in same folder? – Pradyut Manna Oct 04 '16 at 13:30
They do yes, removing the `.$filename` from the end of the `$filepath` variable, it finds the directory – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:31

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 13:26

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You need to check following details :

1) Check your directory "business-ads" exist or not.

2) Check your directory "business-ads" has permission to write files.

You need to give permission to write in that folder.

answered Oct 04 '16 at 13:26

Vivek Pipaliya

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The directory has permission 777 – miotk Oct 04 '16 at 13:29

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