Codeigniter - loading images from browser - php

Question

I've made an upload form using CI.
Now my photos are uploaded in C:\xampp\htdocs\ci_new\uploads*.jpg
I want these images to be accessible from the web, so i can add their path to my database, but when i try to load them via localhost/ci_new/uploads/*.jpg it gives me error - the image files arent there (so im wrong with the folder stuff i guess).
Could you please tell me where do i need to put the images, so the folder could be public for the visitors and so i can fill the path as an url in my database.
This is my upload code if needed:
function do_upload(){
$config['upload_path'] = './uploads';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size']='5000';
$config['max_width'] = '1024';
$config['max_height']= '768';
$this->load->library('upload',$config);
if(!$this->upload->do_upload()) {
$error = array('error'=>$this->upload->display_erros());
$this->load->view('upload_form', $error);
} else {
$data=array('upload_data'=>$this->upload->data());
//$this->db->insert('images', $data);
$this->load->view('upload_success', $data);
print_r($data);
}
}
Thank you.

Answer 1

Make sure you have converted your image file name in order to convert the special characters which is not allowed in URL.
Try:
$filename = explode('.', $filename);
$tmp_filename = str_replace(" ", "_", $filename[0]);
/* replaces space with '-' */
$tmp_filename = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '_', $tmp_filename);
/* removes special chars */
$tmp_filename = preg_replace('/_+/', '_', $tmp_filename);
/* replaces multiple '_' with single */
$filename = $tmp_filename.
'.'
.$filename[sizeof($filename)-1];
/*Concatenating extension again.*/