move_uploaded_file is making a file called 'array'? - php

Question

the following piece of code recognizes the image through getimagesize() but then when i try to move the file to an uploaded folder it moves the file there but says it's an array? im confused because im not setting any variables as an array?
<?php
//simple image check using getimagesize() instead of extensions
if($_FILES){
$empty_check = getimagesize($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
if(empty($empty_check)){
echo 'this is not an image';
}
else{
echo 'you have uploaded ' . explode('.',$_FILES['file']['name'])[0].'
and it is a ' . explode('.',$_FILES['file']['name'])[1].'.';
//an example of how i would extract the extension
$target = "C:\\xampp\\htdocs";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $target.'\\'.$_FILES['file']);
}
}
?>

Answer 1

$_FILES['file']
is an array, you're trying to use it as the target filename;
comment of deceze.
Echo the file you want to move/save, then you should see what he mentioned..
When using move_uploaded_file you get to pick the filename, so you can pick anything you want.
When you upload the file, its put into a temporary directory with a temporary name, move_uploaded_file() allows you to move that file and in that you need to set the name of the file as well.

Answer 2

Use this coding for multiple file uploading....
//For Multiple file uploading
if (isset($_FILES['photo']) != "") {
$errors = array();
foreach($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'] as $key = > $tmp_name) {
$file_name = $_FILES['photo']['name'][$key];
$file_size = $_FILES['photo']['size'][$key];
$file_tmp = $_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'][$key];
$file_type = $_FILES['photo']['type'][$key];
//change the image extension as png
$fileExt = "png";
$photorename[$key] = strtolower($property_code.
'_'.$key.
'.'.$fileExt);
if ($file_size > 2097152) {
$errors[] = 'File size must be less than 2 MB';
}
//Path of Uploading file
$target = "images_property";
if (empty($errors) == true) {
if (is_dir($target) == false) {
mkdir("$target", 0700); // Create directory if it does not exist
}
if (file_exists("$target/".$photorename[$key])) {
unlink("$target/".$photorename[$key]);
}
move_uploaded_file($file_tmp, "$target/".$photorename[$key]);
} else {
print_r($errors);
}
}
if (empty($errors)) {
echo "Success";
}
}