mysql - php - remove first part of url upon INSERT - php

Question

Im doing an image gallery CMS using Mysql database and PHP. Im a newbie.
Im having a path problem.
here is my file structure:
this php doc - root/php/upload_portrait.php.
My images are stored here - root/images/portrait_gallery/
So I added the ../ to save the images in root/images/portrait_gallery/
that works fine.
but in the db the url is stored with the ../ and that path is incorrect since they are being called from the root index file. So no images show up.
HOW can I remove the ../ upon INSERT INTO in the database??
I have tried with replace and update but cant figure out how.
Here Is my code
$portrait_url= $_FILES['upload'];
// 2. connect to database:
include 'connect.php';
// 4. handle moving image from temp location to images folder (using the function billedupload)
$billedurl = billedupload($portrait_url);
if($billedurl == false){
die("Something is wrong");
}
// 5. Insert imageupload in database:
$query = "INSERT INTO portrait (portrait_id, portrait_url) VALUES ('$portrait_id', '$billedurl')";
$result = mysqli_query($dblink, $query) or die( "Forespørgsel 2 kunne ikke udføres: " . mysqli_error($dblink) );
// 6. close connection
mysqli_close($dblink);
function billedupload($filearray){
if($filearray['type']=='image/jpeg' or $filearray['type']=='image/png'){
$tmp_navn = $filearray['tmp_name'];
$filnavn = $filearray['name'];
$url = '../images/portrait_gallery/' . time() . $filnavn;
move_uploaded_file($tmp_navn, $url);
return $url;
}
else{
return false;
}
}

Answer 1

I believe you have 2 choices.
Alter the $url line of billed upload() and remove the ../ there, since you know you won't need it when you go to read it.
Alter your function that reads from the database and remove the ../ there.
str_replace() is probably the function you need, as mentioned by previous poster.

Answer 2

If all you need to to remove '/..' -- then,
str_replace is a function in PHP that allows you to remove/change parts of strings on the fly, so, in your code,
replace
$billedurl = billedupload($portrait_url);
with
$billedurl = str_replace('/..','',billedupload($portrait_url));