error upon uploading image no such path or directory - php

Question

Good day, I have been following a tutorial and have worked really hard to make this script work, I have managed to fix many things however the one constant problem I'm getting is:
No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/regForm.php on line 93
What I am trying to acomplish is get user to upload a profile pic to my live server / website upon registration, here is part of my form and the code below:
I would greatly appreciate it if a more experienced user can give it a scan and advise to where I am going wrong, thanx in advance
HTML FORM
<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" name="registration-form" id="regForm" method="post" action="regForm.php">
:
:
Upload Picture: <INPUT NAME="file_up" TYPE="file">
<input type="submit" value="Register" name="register" class="buttono" />
</form>
UPLOAD SCRIPT
$file_upload="true";
$file_up_size=$_FILES['file_up']['size'];
echo $_FILES['file_up']['name'];
if ($_FILES['file_up']['size']>250000){
$msg=$msg."Your uploaded file size is more than 250KB
so please reduce the file size and then upload.<BR>";
$file_upload="false";
}
if (!($_FILES['file_up']['type'] =="image/jpeg" OR $_FILES['file_up']['type'] =="image/gif"))
{
$msg=$msg."Your uploaded file must be of JPG or GIF. Other file types are not allowed<BR>";
$file_upload="false";
}
$file_name=$_FILES['file_up']['name'];
if($file_upload=="true"){
$ftp_server = "xxxxxx";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
$ftp_username='xxxxxx';
$ftp_userpass='xxxxxx';
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);
$file = $file_name;
// upload file
if (ftp_put($ftp_conn, "public_html/img/userPics", $file, FTP_ASCII)) //here is the problem with the path I suspect
{
echo "Successfully uploaded $file.";
}
else
{
echo "Error uploading $file.";
}
// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
}

Answer 1

When dealing with images, you need to use a binary format.
FTP_BINARY instead of FTP_ASCII.
As per the manual:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-put.php
Make sure the path is correct. This can differ from different servers.
You also need a trailing slash here:
public_html/img/userPics/
^
Otherwise, your system will interpret that as:
userPicsIMAGE.JPG rather than the intended userPics/IMAGE.JPG
Yet, you may need to play around with the path itself. FTP is a bit tricky that way.
I.e.:
/home/xxxxxxx/public_html/userPics/
img/userPics/
../img/userPics/
Depending on the file's area of execution.
Root > ftp_file.php
-img
-userPics
The folder also needs to have proper permissions to be written to.
Usually 755.
Use error reporting if your system isn't already setup to catch and display error/notices:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php
An example from the FTP manual:
<?php
ftp_chdir($conn, '/www/site/');
ftp_put($conn,'file.html', 'c:/wamp/www/site/file.html', FTP_BINARY );
?>
Another thing though, the use of of "true" and "false". You're most likely wanting to check for truthness
$file_upload=true;
rather than a string literal $file_upload="true";
same thing for
if($file_upload=="true")
to
if($file_upload==true)
and for $file_upload="false"; to check for falseness
to $file_upload=false;
Read the manual on this:
http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php
This is the simplest type. A boolean expresses a truth value. It can be either TRUE or FALSE.
Test your FTP connection, pulled from https://stackoverflow.com/a/3729769/
try {
$con = ftp_connect($server);
if (false === $con) {
throw new Exception('Unable to connect');
}
$loggedIn = ftp_login($con, $username, $password);
if (true === $loggedIn) {
echo 'Success!';
} else {
throw new Exception('Unable to log in');
}
print_r(ftp_nlist($con, "."));
ftp_close($con);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Failure: " . $e->getMessage();
}
Naming conventions:
I also need to note that on LINUX, userPics is not the same as userpics, should your folder name be in lowercase letters.
Unlike Windows, which is case-insensitive.