PHP - Save image uploaded with AJAX

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Given this one a few hours research and thought but I'm not getting anywhere.

I have managed to get an image file to upload through AJAX using a FormData object. When the file reaches the php code I am able to access its info such as 'name' and 'type' by using:

$_FILES['newFile']['name'];
$_FILES['newFile']['type'];

And so on, which means that the file must be uploading as intended, I just can't seem to save it to a file from there.

I have tried:

$file = file_get_contents($_FILES["newFile"]['tmp_name']);
imagejpeg($file, '/img/uploads/' . $_FILES["newFile"]['name']);

But then imagejpeg gives me the error "Expects paramater1 to be resource, string given." So I tried:

$file = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($_FILES["newFile"]['tmp_name']));
imagejpeg($file, '/img/uploads/' . $_FILES["newFile"]['name']);

I now receive the error: /"imagejpeg('/img/uploads/image.jpg'): Failed to open stream. No such file or directory."

Can someone explain how I get the image from the array to a file on disk?

bitfiddler · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 04:21:59Z

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You have to use the move_uploaded_file function like this:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["uploaded_file"]["tmp_name"], $pathfilename)

answered Jul 5, 2013 at 4:21

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Obi-Dan Over a year ago

I had tried this also, I get the same error: "Failed to open stream. No such file or directory." with an additional error: "Unable to move 'C://xampp/tmp/something.tmp' to '/img/uploads/image.jpg'" Could there be an issue with my output path?

bitfiddler Over a year ago

Yes, it could be that you don't have permissions or some other error. But using the move_uploaded_file() function is the way. Stay on that track.

Neel · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 04:21:50Z

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Use php function move_uploaded_file("$_FILES['newFile']['tmp_name']","Location_where_you_want_to_save");

answered Jul 5, 2013 at 4:21

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Obi-Dan · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 04:43:47Z

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Figured it out! Obviously "/img/uploads/" was the issue. PHP doesn't recognize a forward slash as the root directory! My fault!

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["newFile"]['tmp_name'], $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/img/uploads/' . $_FILES["newFile"]['name']);

Using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] before the new file path worked perfectly.

answered Jul 5, 2013 at 4:43

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