move_uploaded_file() failed to open stream: no such file or directory

Question

I've done your standard checks (is the directory there, are lax enough permissions set), and I'm pretty sure I've covered your standard stupid human tricks. Here's the code that's failing:

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['image1']['tmp_name'], "/public_html/flashsale/assets/img/products/T".$_FILES['image1']['name']);

The directory is there - I copied the path from FileZilla. I even set the permissions to 777, both in FileZilla and in the file manager on the HostGator control panel. This code generates two warnings:

Message: move_uploaded_file(/public_html/flashsale/assets/img/products/Tsirloin.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory

Message: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpI5GZ3S' to '/public_html/flashsale/assets/img/products/Tsirloin.jpg'

In that order. So, the file is being uploaded, the directory exists and is set to 777, what else could I be missing?

Don't always use absolute path. Or make sure the path from root folder to the images folder is correct. — Ramaraju.d, Jan 30 '13 at 04:53
Possible duplicate of [Failed to open stream : No such file or directory](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36577020/failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory) — Vic Seedoubleyew, Sep 10 '16 at 10:48
Possible duplicate of [PHP: move\_uploaded\_file() failed to open stream: No such file or directory](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10951334/php-move-uploaded-file-failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory) — Sunil B N, Jul 27 '17 at 10:51

syrkull · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30T04:52:05.253

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you do not need to put the full directory to the file. try to remove /public_html/flashsale/ from your link and see if that will work. In addition, the file does not need to have 777 permission, I myself upload files to folders with 755 permissions.

also, you can use getcwd(); in the directory your aiming to. the function will give you the directory that you need to use for moving your file. source

edited Jan 30 '13 at 04:52

answered Jan 30 '13 at 04:45

syrkull

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Turns out I wasn't using the /home/user/ part of the path - adding getcwd() fixed it. – Fibericon Jan 30 '13 at 05:06

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '15 at 09:52

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The Problem

$dirpath = dirname(getcwd())

This is what I used initially to get the directory path to my /public_html/upload folder. $dirpath will contain

/public_html/upload

The Solution(On server)

$dirpath = realpath(dirname(getcwd()))

Since I’m on a shared hosting environment, the right way of getting move_uploaded_file to work is using this as the destination: realpath(dirname(getcwd())) returns something like:

/home/cpanelusername/public_html/upload

answered Nov 22 '15 at 09:52

UWU_SANDUN

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Thanks this saved me :) (y) – Ajmal Jamil Dec 05 '15 at 12:09
gud luck programming Ajmal...(Y) – UWU_SANDUN Dec 05 '15 at 12:22
You explained this well but you didn't put the sample code, where should I put the $dirpath variable? – samouray Mar 08 '16 at 09:39
When do you want to upload files into your server..Then you need a file uploading path(Folder path in server).So If you can not get it correctly Then you should be errors on your page..So I have mentioned here to get real folder path method..I got a solution by this methode..You also can try this friend.. :) @samouray – UWU_SANDUN Mar 10 '16 at 08:31

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 04:58

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Make sure the path you are traversing. public_html is not required

$image=basename($_FILES['file']['name']);
$image=str_replace(' ','|',$image);

$tmppath="images/".$image;

        if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],$tmppath))
        {
         echo "success";
        }
        else
        {
         echo "fail";
        }

Hope this helps

answered Jan 30 '13 at 04:58

Ramaraju.d

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I was searching like several hours for this solution, didn't know why $_FILES['file']['name'] was empty all the time when I was trying to push the file name. Thanks sir !! – que1326 Aug 17 '16 at 09:48

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 16 '16 at 09:50

For Ubuntu 14.04 with XAMPP, I also have problem with upload but after I have fixed with sudo chmod -R 777 destination, it works well.

Here is what I did:

Temporary folder to upload in my Ubuntu 14.04 XAMPP is /opt/lampp/temp/. If I want my upload files to /opt/lampp/temp/testupload as destination folder, then I need config bellow.

Go to temp folder
```
cd /opt/lampp/temp/
```
Create 'testupload' folder under /opt/lampp/temp/
```
sudo mkdir testupload
```

Change permission 777

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/lampp/temp/testupload/

PHP code

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "/opt/lampp/temp/testupload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"])

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 14:54

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Solution for Windows and ISS:

The IUSR account needed permissions in the destination directory. Not the ISS_IUSR account, just the IUSR account.

answered Jun 28 '16 at 14:54

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move_uploaded_file() failed to open stream: no such file or directory

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