PHP file upload strange issue

Question

While uploading images files on the live server I have stuck in a strange issue that the move_uploaded_files() function returns true but the image does not get uploaded.

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["img"]["tmp_name"],'./shot_images/'.$_FILES["img"]["name"])){
  echo "Success";
}

Here, when executed, prints "Success" but the file is not being uploaded on the specified location.

Any kind of help is appreciated.

I found a similar question stackoverflow.com/questions/5655859/… — Awea
– Awea, Commented Nov 4, 2011 at 12:12
@Awea that's the opposite problem. move_uploaeded_file there returns false. — Josh
– Josh, Commented Nov 4, 2011 at 12:19

Josh · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-04 12:25:58Z

1

If move_uploaded_file is returning true then that indicates the file was moved successfully. Let's try some debugging. What happens when you use the following code:

$dest = "./shot_images/{$_FILES["img"]["name"]}";
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["img"]["tmp_name"],$dest)){
  $realpath = realpath($dest);
  $filesize = filesize($realpath);
  echo "Success! Uploaded a $filesize file to $realpath";
}

I suspect it is working, it's just not going where you expect...

If this is the case, it might be due to `'./shot_images/' -- personally I rarely (if ever) use relative paths like that. I find it eliminates confusion if I reference the path to the script:

$dest = dirname(__FILE__)."/shot_images/{$_FILES["img"]["name"]}";
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["img"]["tmp_name"],$dest)){

edited Nov 4, 2011 at 12:25

answered Nov 4, 2011 at 12:18

Josh

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