Not able to upload file to web server

Question

When I change the target directory from (relative?) "bilder/" to (absolute?) "/var/www/html/test/bilder/" I'm not able to upload files anymore from my computer to the web server. Anyone know what the problem might be?

I get no error from:

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $target)){ 
   echo "Success!";
} 
else { 
   echo "Error!";
} 

Answer 1

There may be some below reasons, which occurs frequently :

1. enctype should be included in form tag ie

    <form method='' name='' enctype='multipart/form-data'> 

2. Target Path should be correct.

3. Directory may not have proper permissions.
4. Images size is more than default uploaded size.

Answer 2

//select folder name perfectly
 $path = "image/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]; 
 $file_name = $_FILES["file"]["name"];
 move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],$path);

Answer 3

You've to change the mode of www directory recursively (ie command will apply to all subfiles and subfolders), this is done by the following command at terminal:

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www

if the above method would not work try this:

sudo chmod 777 -R /var

also remove the "forward slash" from your absolute path "/var/www/html/test/bilder/", this should be like this /var/www/html/test/bilder