Question

The php:

//This is the directory where images will be saved
$target = "/images/";
$target = $target . basename( $_FILES['photo']['name']);

//This gets all the other information from the form
$strListItemPic=(mysql_real_escape_string($_FILES['photo']['name']));

//Writes the photo to the server
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $target))
{

//Tells you if its all ok
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " 
      has been uploaded, and your information has been added to the directory";
}
else {
//Gives and error if its not
echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";
}

The html:

    <input type="hidden" name="size" value="350000">
    <input type="file" name="photo">  

It’s breaking out and giving "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";

I’m inserting $strListItemPic later in a MySQL statement, so I can echo the picture in a variable elsewhere.

Any glaring errors in this code? Does my $target have to be absolute paths?

PHP errors:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/xxxxxx/lists/images/test.gif): 
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in 
/home/virtual/site48/fst/var/www/html/xxxxxx/lists/itemedit.php on line 22


Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move '/tmp/phpJ3v7HV' to 
'/xxxxxx/lists/images/test.gif' 
in /home/virtual/site48/fst/var/www/html/xxxxxx/lists/itemedit.php on line 22

Fixed:

Added enctype="multipart/form-data" to  <form>
Removed / before images in $target

Answer 1

Errors don’t have to glare in the code.
Errors being raised at the time the code gets executed.
And these errors have to be noted and investigated.

at least add these 2 lines into your code and run it again.

ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

or get the error message produced by move_uploaded_file any other way.
Trying to answer your question without an actual error message would be useless waste of time.