Question

I am using php to upload and move a file to a desired location…
while using move_uploaded_file, it says that the file has moved successfully but the file does not show up in the directory.
THE HTML AND PHP CODE IS BELOW…

 <form action="test_upload.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<fieldset>
<label for="test_pic">Testing Picture</label>
<input type="file" name="test_pic" size="30" /><br />
</fieldset>

<fieldset>

<input type="submit" value="submit" />

</fieldset>
</form>

THe php goes like :

    <?php


$image_fieldname = "test_pic";
$upload_dir = "/vidit";
$display_message ='none';

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$image_fieldname]['tmp_name'],$upload_dir) && is_writable($upload_dir)){
    $display_message = "file moved successfully";
    }
    else{
        $display_message = " STILL DID NOT MOVE";
            }



?>

when i run this page and upload a legitimate file – the test_upload.php echoes file uploaded successfully. but when i head on to the folder “vidit” in the root of the web page. the folder is empty…

I am using wamp server .

Answer 1

You need to append filename into your destination path. Try as below

$doc_path = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$image_fieldname]['tmp_name'],$doc_path.$upload_dir.'/'.$_FILES[$image_fieldname]['name']) && is_writable($upload_dir)){
    $display_message = "file moved successfully";
}
else{
    $display_message = " STILL DID NOT MOVE";
}

See PHP Manual for reference. http://php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php