Images not saving to temporary folder but saved to Database - php

Question

I have the following code with the aim of saving images/upload to a temporary folder in my project root directory. It is expected that the path of the temporary folder be saved to database and the image saved to the temporary folder
I discover the images are not saving to temporary folder rather save directly to the database.
I am using CodeIgniter
Controller
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class ArticleController extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
if (!$this->session->userdata('login_id'))
return redirect("LoginController");
$this->load->model('ArticleModel');
$this->load->model('CategoryModel');
$this->load->model('UserModel');
$data = array();
}
public function addarticle(){
$data['title'] = 'eBlog Admin Portal - Add Article';
$data['header'] = $this->load->view('include/header', $data, TRUE);
$data['sidebar'] = $this->load->view('include/sidebar', '', TRUE);
$data['categoryData'] = $this->CategoryModel->getCategory();
$data['userData'] = $this->UserModel->getuser();
$data['articleadd'] = $this->load->view('include/articleadd', $data, TRUE);
$data['footer'] = $this->load->view('include/footer', '', TRUE);
$this->load->view('addarticle', $data);
}
public function addArticleForm(){
//check whether user upload picture
if(!empty($_FILES['image_path']['upload_path'])){
$config['upload_path'] = 'uploads/images/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'jpg|jpeg|png|gif|';
$config['file_name'] = $_FILES['image_path']['upload_path'];
//load upload library and initialize configuration
$this->load->library('upload',$config);
$this->upload->initialize($config);
if($this->upload->do_upload('image_path')){
$uploadData = $this->upload->data();
$image_path = $uploadData['file_name'];
}else{
$image_path = '';
}
}
$data['title'] = $this->input->post('title');
$data['content'] = $this->input->post('content');
$data['category_id'] = $this->input->post('category_id');
$data['written'] = $this->input->post('written');
$data['featured'] = $this->input->post('featured');
$data['image_path'] = $this->input->post('image_path');
$title = $data['title'];
$content = $data['content'];
$category_id = $data['category_id'];
$written = $data['written'];
$title = $data['featured'];
$image_path = $data['image_path'];
if (empty($title) && empty($content) && empty($category_id) && empty($written) && empty($featured) && empty($title)) {
$sdata = array();
$sdata['msg'] = '<span style="color:red">Filed must not be empty</span>';
$this->session->set_flashdata($sdata);
redirect("ArticleController/addarticle");
}else {
$this->ArticleModel->saveArticle($data);
$sdata = array();
$sdata['msg'] = '<span style="color:green">Article added successfully!</span>';
$this->session->set_flashdata($sdata);
redirect("ArticleController/addarticle");
}
}
}
Model
<?php
class ArticleModel extends CI_Model{
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
}
public function saveArticle($data){
$this->db->insert('articles', $data);
}
}
View
<h2>Add Article </h2>
<hr/>
<?php
$msg = $this->session->flashdata('msg');
if(isset($msg)){
echo $msg;
}
?>
<div class="panel-body" style="width:600px;">
<form action="<?php echo base_url(); ?>ArticleController/addArticleForm" method="post" 'enctype' = 'multipart/form-data'>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Title</label>
<input type="text" name="title" class="form-control span12" placeholder="Article Title" required="1">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Category</label>
<select name="category_id" class="form-control span12" required="1">
<option value="">Select Article Category</option>
<?php
foreach ($categoryData as $sdata) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $sdata->id ; ?>"><?php echo $sdata->name; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Written By</label>
<select name="written" class="form-control span12" required="1">
<option value="">Select Article Writer</option>
<?php
foreach ($userData as $udata) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $udata->login_id; ?>"><?php echo $udata-> fullname; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Featured</label>
<select name="featured" class="form-control span12" required="1">
<option value="">Select Article featured</option>
<?php
for($i = 0; $i <= 8; $i++) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"><?php echo $i; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Image</label>
<input type="file"name="image_path" class="form-control span12"placeholder="Chose Image" required="1">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Content</label>
<input type="text"name="content" class="form-control span12"placeholder="Article content" required="1">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit"class="btn btn-primary" value="Save">
</div>
</form>
</div>