PHP upload not working, maybe permission issues - php

I need to make an upload page in my site, I'm using an altervista trial server.
I used the tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp
but the upload doesn't work. maybe, as I read is a permission issue, but I don't have the slightest idea on how to change the permissions of my folders.
Is it possible to add also pdf in the uploadable files?
thanks
uploadpage.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Documento senza titolo</title>
<link href="valsilehome.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<form action="/tmp/upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
upload.php
<?php
$target_dir = "/tmp/uploads";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
if($check !== false) {
echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
$uploadOk = 1;
} else {
echo "File is not an image.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
}
// Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check file size
if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 500000) {
echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
}
}
?>

As of w3 schools, they have created many conditions for the example. But we don't need follow it strictly. We can use it only if we needed.
Here's the Minimal Code that you can have
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
echo 'succesfully uploaded';
$structure = 'uploadedfiles/';
$target_file = $structure.basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file);
}
?>
If you use the above code you should create a folder named as uploadedfiles in the folder where you keep this file.
Else if you need to create each folder for each file upload then you should code.. It will create the file's name as folder each time.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
echo 'succesfully uploaded';
$structure = $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"];
if (!mkdir($structure, 777, true))
{}
$target_file = $structure.basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file);
}
?>

As you suggested in your post, try to change the permission of the folder following the code below:
chmod("/tmp/uploads", 0777);

you are using absolute path linux type, /tmp/uploads, if you are using linux try to show permission folder with "ls -l /tmp/uploads", if you are using windows hosts maybe you can print the path $target_file, inthe w3schools example the tagtet_path doesnt have the "/" "tmp/uploads" != "/tmp/uploads".

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Select a file to upload:
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<textarea id="FileDescription" form="myForm" name="FileDescription" rows="1" placeholder="*File description" required></textarea> <br />
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</form>
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I need to create a simple web page via which you can upload a image file that goes to a directory on the server that is previously created.
Here's the code for the index.php file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
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Here's the code for the upload.php:
<?php
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$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
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The index.php displays fine, I select an image and click upload, it loads for a second and then displays 'File is an image - image/gif.'
However when I got to the upload dir, there isn't a single file there.
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<head>
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Thanks
kriss
<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir .
basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
echo "The file ".basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
} 
else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
}
?>
I hope that this thing will work and this is what you are in need of.
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$image = $_FILES['fileToUpload']['name'];
$tempname = $_FILES['fileToUpload']['tmp_name'];
move_uploaded_file($tempname, "foldername/$image");?>

File upload.php not working

I have following code.
index.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<title>File Sharing</title>
<body>
<h1>File Sharing</h1><br/><br/>
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Select File to Share:
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<br/>
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</body>
</html>
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<?php
if(isset($_FILES['file'])){
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["file"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
// Check file size
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echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
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echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
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}
}
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echo"error uploading";
}
?>
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You are using the wrong method for your form. You can't "GET" data to your server. You must "POST" it.
http://bytes.com/topic/php/insights/664241-using-html-forms-pass-data-php
Scott
My friend you should replace your GET method with POST
otherwise code working fine
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Select File to Share:
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<button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" id="submit" >Share</button>
</form>

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I'm new to HTML/PHP and I'm trying to create a simple php file upload page.
I have this as my HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
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</body>
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I have this as my php:
<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You must add this snippet of code:
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file);
after that:
echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
You need to move the uploaded file from the temp directory it was uploaded into, into your target directory. See the PHP docs of move_uploaded_files
With the PHP function move_uploaded_file(string $filename, string $destination) you can move the file to your desired path.

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