move_uploaded_file failing with no error - php

Question

This question has been asked similarly a few times, but those answer's didn't apply to the problem I'm have. I've checked them all.
Basically, the function move_uploaded_file is returning false every time, even though I feel like I have all my ducks in a row. There is no error, it just returns false.
I have checked the file that is being uploaded, it has no errors.
It may be a permissions problem, I tried to change the directory I'm uploading the images to using chmod(dir, 0777). If it were a permissions problem, I'm not sure if this would've fixed it. Edit - Checked iswritable(dir) of the directory and it says its writable.
I do have enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute set in my form.
This is my code:
function uniqueName()
{
$target = dirname(__FILE__) . '/TestProject/';
$uid = uniqid();
$ext = pathinfo($_FILES['photo']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$_FILES['photo']['name'] = $uid . "." . $ext;
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['name'], $target . $_FILES['photo']['name']))
echo("upload succeeded");
else {
echo("upload failed");
}
return $target . $_FILES['photo']['name'];
}
Am I missing anything? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Fixed it, the first parameter of move_uploaded_files() expects the tmp_name, not the name.

Answer 2

first off, and i sometimes forget make sure your form looks like this:
<form id="myform" name="myform" action="#" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
key part of this is the
enctype="multipart/form-data">
and as far as uploading I use the following and it works everytime:
if ($_FILES["fuImg"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["fuImg"]["error"] . "<br>";
}
else
{
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fuImg"]["tmp_name"], "../img/bands/" . $_FILES["fuImg"]["name"]);
}