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Asked: 2026-05-18T23:28:58+00:00

i have this script that is meant to move a file from one folder

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i have this script that is meant to move a file from one folder to another but i get an error,:

    $photo= $_POST['camera']; // i.e. 45647.jpg

   //move file to userpics/ folder

    rename ("../uploads/$photo", "../userpics/$photo");

but i get this error:

Warning: rename(/uploads/1czcec43s.jpg\n,/userpics/1czcec43s.jpg\n) [function.rename]: No error in .. on line 24
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  1. Editorial Team

    Your filenames are containing linebreaks \n. This may well be the source of the error. Try calling trim:

    $photo = trim($_POST['camera']); // i.e. 45647.jpg
rename ("../uploads/$photo", "../userpics/$photo");

    Also, for goodness sake add some sanity checking to your code. Your user could easily put web/index.php (for instance) as the contents of $_POST['camera'] and overwrite your PHP file.

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