move uploaded file in PHP - php

Question

I want to allow a user the upload an image (file) for their profile picture, on my website. They upload the image via an HTML form, but I am having trouble moving the file to the folder I want it to. I don't want to mess with the php.ini file to change the upload path. I want to use move_uploaded_file().
Here is my HTML:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="upload_img.php">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="32768"/>
<input type="text" name="name" value=""/>
<input type="file" name="picture" value="picture"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="upload"/>
</form>
And my PHP:
<?php
define('GW_UPLOADPATH', 'images/');
$picture= $_FILES['picture']['name'];
$name= $_POST['name'];
$tmp= $_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'];
var_dump($picture);
var_dump($name);
var_dump($tmp);
$connect= mysqli_connect(//connect params)
or die('error connecting with the database');
$query= "INSERT INTO pics (pic, name) VALUES ('$picture', '$name')";
$target= GW_UPLOADPATH . $picture ;
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'], $target);))
{
mysqli_query($connect, $query)
or die('error with query');
}
?>
I know the file gets uploaded to the tmp folder because I can see it, but it is named sess_96bsj29ub3tndnd2853d24k38adrbqoo.file Is that what should happen? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

$_FILES['picture']['tmp_name']
will point the file in that folder and when you call this line
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'], $target);
you'd get the file in your temp folder to wherever you want. just set $target to be a valid and existing directory.

Answer 2

Just remove semicolon form if statement like:
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'], $target)))
{
mysqli_query($connect, $query)
or die('error with query');
}