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I am getting the error message "Could not upload file. Check read/write persmissions on the directory" from the below part of code when the move_uploaded_file() function is called at the line 75.
<?php
// Start a session for error reporting
session_start();
// Call our connection file
require("includes/conn.php");
// Check to see if the type of file uploaded is a valid image type
function is_valid_type($file)
{
// This is an array that holds all the valid image MIME types
$valid_types = array("image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/bmp", "image/gif");
if (in_array($file['type'], $valid_types))
return 1;
return 0;
}
// Just a short function that prints out the contents of an array in a manner that's easy to read
// I used this function during debugging but it serves no purpose at run time for this example
function showContents($array)
{
echo "<pre>";
print_r($array);
echo "</pre>";
}
// Set some constants
// This variable is the path to the image folder where all the images are going to be stored
// Note that there is a trailing forward slash
$TARGET_PATH = "images/";
// Get our POSTed variables
$fname = $_POST['fname'];
$lname = $_POST['lname'];
$image = $_FILES['image'];
// Sanitize our inputs
$fname = mysql_real_escape_string($fname);
$lname = mysql_real_escape_string($lname);
$image['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($image['name']);
// Build our target path full string. This is where the file will be moved do
// i.e. images/picture.jpg
$TARGET_PATH .= $image['name'];
// Make sure all the fields from the form have inputs
if ( $fname == "" || $lname == "" || $image['name'] == "" )
{
$_SESSION['error'] = "All fields are required";
header("Location: index.php");
exit;
}
// Check to make sure that our file is actually an image
// You check the file type instead of the extension because the extension can easily be faked
if (!is_valid_type($image))
{
$_SESSION['error'] = "You must upload a jpeg, gif, or bmp";
header("Location: index.php");
exit;
}
// Here we check to see if a file with that name already exists
// You could get past filename problems by appending a timestamp to the filename and then continuing
if (file_exists($TARGET_PATH))
{
$_SESSION['error'] = "A file with that name already exists";
header("Location: index.php");
exit;
}
// Lets attempt to move the file from its temporary directory to its new home
if (move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'], $TARGET_PATH))
{
// NOTE: This is where a lot of people make mistakes.
// We are *not* putting the image into the database; we are putting a reference to the file's location on the server
$sql = "insert into people (fname, lname, filename) values ('$fname', '$lname', '" . $image['name'] . "')";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Could not insert data into DB: " . mysql_error());
header("Location: images.php");
exit;
}
else
{
// A common cause of file moving failures is because of bad permissions on the directory attempting to be written to
// Make sure you chmod the directory to be writeable
$_SESSION['error'] = "Could not upload file. Check read/write persmissions on the directory";
header("Location: index.php");
exit;
}
?>
Can anybody help me with this?
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