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The problem you're having is $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] is an actual filename. your destination is a directory without a file name. its trying to create a file named "uploads", which is a valid filename on a linux system, in your dw folder. Try actually giving the file a filename in the destination path.

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php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php
  2. $uploads_dir = '/uploads';
  3. foreach ($_FILES["pictures"]["error"] as $key => $error) {
  4.     if ($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
  5.         $tmp_name = $_FILES["pictures"]["tmp_name"][$key];
  6.         $name = $_FILES["pictures"]["name"][$key];
  7.         move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "$uploads_dir/$name");
  8.     }
  9. }
  10. ?>
Source: php.net (move_uploaded_file)

Notice how in that code the destination is /uploads/[name of the actual file]. Should solve your problem.
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Originally Posted by mschroeder View Post
The problem you're having is $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] is an actual filename. your destination is a directory without a file name. its trying to create a file named "uploads", which is a valid filename on a linux system, in your dw folder. Try actually giving the file a filename in the destination path.

Example:
php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php
  2. $uploads_dir = '/uploads';
  3. foreach ($_FILES["pictures"]["error"] as $key => $error) {
  4.     if ($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
  5.         $tmp_name = $_FILES["pictures"]["tmp_name"][$key];
  6.         $name = $_FILES["pictures"]["name"][$key];
  7.         move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "$uploads_dir/$name");
  8.     }
  9. }
  10. ?>
Source: php.net (move_uploaded_file)

Notice how in that code the destination is /uploads/[name of the actual file]. Should solve your problem.
I tried the above code but it gives an error on the foreach line saying that it is an invalid argument?

i tried modifiying the code to suit my form code and still got the same error

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php
  2. 	$uploads_dir = "uploads/";
  3.  
  4. 	foreach($_FILES['userfile']['error'] as $key => $error) {
  5.  
  6. 		if($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
  7.  
  8. 			$tmp_name = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'][$key];
  9. 			$name = $_FILES['userfile']['name'][$key];
  10. 			move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $uploads_dir .$name);
  11. 		}
  12. 	}	
  13. ?>

The error i got is:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/alanhuno/public_html/upload2.php on line 4
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Re: Issue with uploading files

 
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Originally Posted by leviathan185 View Post
I tried the above code but it gives an error on the foreach line saying that it is an invalid argument?

i tried modifiying the code to suit my form code and still got the same error

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php
  2. 	$uploads_dir = "uploads/";
  3.  
  4. 	foreach($_FILES['userfile']['error'] as $key => $error) {
  5.  
  6. 		if($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
  7.  
  8. 			$tmp_name = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'][$key];
  9. 			$name = $_FILES['userfile']['name'][$key];
  10. 			move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $uploads_dir .$name);
  11. 		}
  12. 	}	
  13. ?>

The error i got is:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/alanhuno/public_html/upload2.php on line 4
I managed to get it working when i changed the code to

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php
  2. 	$uploads_dir = "uploads/";
  3.  
  4. 	$tmp_name = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
  5. 	$name = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
  6. 	move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $uploads_dir .$name)
  7. 		or die("could not upload file");
  8. ?>

Thanks to all who tried to help. I hope my hair grows back now
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Re: Issue with uploading files

 
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Originally Posted by leviathan185 View Post
Hi,

I am trying to write an upload script and everytime i try and upload a file it will give me an error.

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/home/******/public_html/dw/uploads) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in /home/******/public_html/dw/upload2.php on line 3

I have checked that the folder is there as the error suggests that it is not there but it is definately there.

My code is as follows

upload1.php

html Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1.  
  2. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
  3. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  4. <head>
  5. <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  6. <title>Untitled Document</title>
  7. </head>
  8. <body>
  9. 	<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload2.php">
  10.     	Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /><br  />
  11.         <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
  12.     </form>
  13. </body>
  14. </html>

and upload2.php

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1.  
  2. <?php
  3.  
  4. 	if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], "/home/alanhuno/public_html/dw/uploads")) {
  5. 		print "Received {$_FILES['userfile']['name']} - its size is {$_FILES['userfile']['size']}";
  6. 	} else {
  7. 		print "Upload Failed";
  8. 	}
  9. ?>




are u working with xamp or wamp ?
this is only the path problem rest of the code is ok.
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That is what I was trying to illustrate as well, that it was a path problem, aka the filename was missing from the path, the code itself was fine. The example i posted was from the manual illustrating path + filename. I apologize for any confusion caused to the op.
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Re: Issue with uploading files

 
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$img_name=time().$_FILES['img']['name']; //  allow to upload more than one file with same name     
$temp_file=$_FILES['img']['tmp_name'];
		$dest_path="Image/".$img_name;
		
                if(move_uploaded_file($temp_file,$dest_path)){
                    echo "File is sucessfully uploaded at Image directory";
                }else{
                    echo "Error in uploading file";
                }
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You can use this code . This will store your file at image directory.
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Originally Posted by basantxbs View Post 
$img_name=time().$_FILES['img']['name']; //  allow to upload more than one file with same name     
$temp_file=$_FILES['img']['tmp_name'];
		$dest_path="Image/".$img_name;
		
                if(move_uploaded_file($temp_file,$dest_path)){
                    echo "File is sucessfully uploaded at Image directory";
                }else{
                    echo "Error in uploading file";
                }
Thanks that is a great idea, I was just going to check if the file exists and add a version number to it but that sounds a lot easier. thanks
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