Codeigniter doesn't upload video files - php

Question

I have a problem with the function for upload video and images. I can upload images but not video I don' know why. In the and more code for controller and form.
Code in user_models php:
function newp($title,$post,$image,$video,$cat){
$id=$this->session->userdata('userid');
if($video!="")
{
$data=array(
'userid'=>$id,
'title'=>$title,
'forumpost'=>$post,
'categoryid'=>$cat,
'videourl'=>$video
);
}
Image:
else if($image!=""){
$data=array(
'userid'=>$id,
'title'=>$title,
'forumpost'=>$post,
'categoryid'=>$cat,
'imageurl'=>$image
);
}else{
$data=array(
'userid'=>$id,
'title'=>$title,
'forumpost'=>$post,
'categoryid'=>$cat,
);}
$this->db->insert('forum',$data);
}
}
Form:
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo base_url();?>index.php/forum/newpk">
<div style="float:left;width: 95%;margin-top:5px;margin-left: 15px">
<h3> Add A Post</h3>
<div class="list-group" >
<input type="text" required name="title" id="title" class="form-control" placeholder="Title of the Post">
</div>
<div class="list-group">
<textarea name="post" class="form-control" style="min-height: 150px;" placeholder="Post">
</textarea>
</div>
<div class="list-group">
<span style="float:left;display:inline-block;"><p style="font-size:15px">Video File</p> <input type="file" name="video" accept="video/*" /></span>
<p style="font-size:15px;margin-left:10%;width: 32px;display:inline-block;">OR</p>
Image File
</div>
<div class="listgroup">
To which category it belongs
<select name="cat"><?php foreach($cato as $cat){ ?><option name="cat" value="<?php echo $cat->categoryid;?>"><?php echo $cat->categoryname;?></option><?php }?></select>
</div>
<div class="list-group" style="margin-top: 70px;margin-left: 35%;">
<button type="submit" style="width: 159px;height: 47px;line-height: 2.3;font-size: 17px;" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
Controller:
public function newpk(){
if($this->session->userdata('userid')){
$title=$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('title'));
$post=$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('post'));
$cat=$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('cat'));
if($cat=="" || $post=="" || $title=="")
{
echo "Required field cannot be empty";
die();
}
$themepicid="";
$this->load->model('forum_model');
Video part:
if(isset($_FILES['video']) && $_FILES['video']['size']>0){
$pktid=$this->idGenerator();
$pathh='assets/video/';
$themepicid=$this->session->userdata('userid');
$type= pathinfo($_FILES['video']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$pic=$themepicid;
$themepicid=$themepicid.$pktid.".".$type;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['video']['tmp_name'], $pathh.$themepicid);
$image="";
$this->forum_model->newp($title,$post,$image,$themepicid,$cat); // How the forum likes
Image part:
}
else if(isset($_FILES['image']) && $_FILES['image']['size']>0){
$pathh='assets/images/';
$themepicid=$this->session->userdata('userid');
$type= pathinfo($_FILES['image']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$pktid=$this->idGenerator();
$pic=$themepicid;
$themepicid=$themepicid.$pktid.".".$type;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $pathh.$themepicid);
$image="";
$this->forum_model->newp($title,$post,$themepicid,$image,$cat);
}
else{
$image="";
$this->forum_model->newp($title,$post,$image,$image,$cat);
}
redirect('index.php/forum','refresh');
}
else{
redirect('index.php/user','refresh');
}
}
}

Answer 1

Maybe your video size larger than max size upload config in php.ini
You can use upload library from CI, it's easy to use and help you prevent error
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/file_uploading.html
If you using upload lib of CI, dont forget config allowed types