Question

I’m trying to move a file on my server from one folder to another using the php rename function, but I’m getting this error

Warning: rename(/home/pramiro/public_html/new/cipri/adauga/tmp/Koala.jpg, /home/pramiro/public_html/new/images/memo/Koala.jpg) [function.rename]: No such file or directory in /home/pramiro/public_html/new/cipri/adauga/categorie.php on line 13

The paths are good, the folders exist and the file to be copied is in the tmp folder.What could I be doing wrong?

This is the code:

$filename=$_POST['poza_conv'];
$filename=substr($filename,37);
$old_path='/home/pramiro/public_html/new/cipri/adauga/tmp/'.$filename;
$new_path=' /home/pramiro/public_html/new/images/';
switch($_POST['categorie_conv'])
{
    case 'memo': $filename=$new_path.'memo/'.$filename;
    break;
    case 'ort_sup': $filename=$new_path.'ort_sup/'.$filename;
    break;
}

rename($old_path,$filename);

Answer 1

Here’s your mistake:

$new_path=' /home/pramiro/public_html/new/images/';

There is a leading space just before /home, which is causing the error, so it should be:

$new_path='/home/pramiro/public_html/new/images/';

If you still get the error, then the next most likely culprit is, as others say, permissions, particularly on the directories you are moving the file between, and the file itself.