File uploading using CodeIgniter is failing - php

Question

Title says is all.
Form in view:
<tr>
<form action="<?=base_url()?>index.php/admin/product_add" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<td><input type="text" name="pid"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="name"></td>
<td><input type="file" name="image" id = "image"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="price"></td>
<td><textarea name="description"></textarea></td>
<td><input type="text" name="type"></td>
<td>
<input type="submit" value="add">
</td>
</form>
</tr>
Function used in controller:
public function product_add()
{
$this->load->helper(array('form','url'));
$this->load->library('form_validation');
/*upload stuff*/
$config = array();
$config['upload_path'] = base_url()."imgs/products/";
$config['allowed_types'] = 'jpg|png|jpeg';
$config['max_size'] = '9999';
$config['max_width'] = '1024';
$config['max_height'] = '768';
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$_POST['price']=str_replace(",", ".", $_POST['price']);
$this->form_validation->set_rules('pid','Product ID','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('name','Denumire Produs','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('image','Imagine','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('price','Pret','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('description','Descriere','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('type','Tip','required');
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('image'))
{
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
$this->load->view('admin/produse', $error);
echo "epic fail";
}
else
{
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
echo "FAIL";
}
else
{
echo "asdsad";
$this->db_actions->addProduct($_POST["pid"],$_POST["name"],$_POST["image"],$_POST["price"],$_POST["description"],$_POST["type"]);
redirect(base_url()."index.php/admin/produse");
}
}
}
I've been busting my ass with this all day so I'm seriously frustrated atm.
I'm getting the error because
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('image'))
is indeed false. Every.Single.Damn.Time.
What am I doing wrong here ?

Answer 1

Is the error message not giving you anything helpful? It looks like what Kai Qing mentioned, you need to use the server (file system) path as per EllisLab's File Upload Docs and not the URL path.

Answer 2

here some of my codes of uploading files
function upload(){
$config['upload_path'] = './files/contracts-csv/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'csv';
$config['max_size'] = '4096';
$config['overwrite'] = TRUE;
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->display_errors('', '');
if (!$this->upload->do_upload("image")) {
echo $this->upload->display_errors(); die();
$this->data['error'] = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
//error message
} else {
//do something
}
redirect("contracts/upload_exit");
}

Answer 3

$config['upload_path'] = "var/www/your_app_images_path";
$config['allowed_types'] = "gif|jpg|png|jpeg";
$config['overwrite'] = false;
$config['remove_spaces'] = true;
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
Check your upload_path it should be like above.
if (!$this->upload->do_upload("file_fieldName")) {
pr($this->upload->display_errors());exit;
}