Question

I’m using move_uploaded_file() to upload images to the server, however it gives the usual error of:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(upload/file.png) [function.move-uploaded-file]: 
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in 
/home/newuser/public_html/model/account.class.php on line 39

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move       
'/tmp/phpuLkUgE' to 'upload/file.png' in     
/home/newuser/public_html/model/account.class.php on line 39

This is not permission based as I have set the folder to 777 with root access and ls -l displays it correctly as this.

755 /home/newuser/public_html/model
755 /home/newuser/public_html/model/account.class.php
777 /home/newuser/public_html/upload

PHP Line

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["photo"]["tmp_name"], "../upload/file.png");

The problem I think is down to the Owner/Group setting being configured incorrectly .. a while back I had all of my sites as subdomains in one account:

/home/olduser/public_html/subdomains/index.html

I then changed this and created a new user account to manage a separate website easier and just moved the files across …

/home/olduser/public_html/subdomains
/home/newuser/public_html/index.html

The new folders in /home/newuser are now owned and grouped as newuser newuser but I think php may be running as nobody olduser so this could be causing the issue?

What can I try to fix this?

Answer 1

Permissions to a particular file / directory don’t just apply on the directory itself, but on the whole path leading up to it.

Example:

/home/ - needs 'x' permission (execute)
/home/newuser/ - needs 'x' permission
/home/newuser/public_html/ - needs 'x' permission
/home/newuser/public_html/avatar/ - needs 'wx' permission (execute + write)