move_uploaded_file Failed to open stream: Permission denied in XAMPP MacOS - php

Question

I was trying to upload a file using php to my local using XAMPP on MacOS. Whenever I tried to upload a file through script, I got thi error.
move_uploaded_file - Failed to open stream: Permission denied
So I tried some fixes I saw on internet, like chmod -R 777 , changing the user-group and also tried to give read&write permission to every user;
None of them worked.
This is the code I am using for uploading:
if(!empty($filename)){
$ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$new_filename = $slug.'_'.time().'.'.$ext;
if(!move_uploaded_file($_FILES['eventImage']['tmp_name'], '../assets/images/events/'.$new_filename))
{
$_SESSION['error']='<strong>Error!</strong> Uploading Image failed. Please try again.';
}
}
else{
$new_filename = '';
}
I wanna know how this error can be fixed. I think this is some security issues of MacOS.

Answer 1

like under nix, You can try (under test - not productive server):
chmod -R 755 ./.*
chmod +x ./.
where ./is your document root of HTML files (do not use it as root/admin !!!)
the Argument -R stands for "recursive operation" - so it will try to include all sub directories under ./
and:
chown -R www-data:www-data ./.
at Your document root.
www-data group, and user is need by Apache2.4 - see Settings in Manual.
The group, and user www-data is important under *nix like Operation Systems.
Under Windows, You have to start XAMPP with Administrator Rights.
So be warned !!!
And: You should never be use XAMPP productive !!!