Getting “move_uploaded_file(): failed to open stream: Permission denied” error in Laravel

Question

When my form is submitted I can see file name,size etc but I can't upload it because it keeps saying permission denied. I changed owner of myapp/storage to www-data:www-data and did

php artisan cache:clear 

chmod -R 777 myapp/storage 

as suggested here: 'Failed to open stream: Permission denied' error - Laravel , but it didn't help.

My form is created with <form> <input> tags, not with {{ Form }} elements, so I'm uploading it with move_uploaded_file() and not Input::file()->move() .

I took screenshots of error message in browser and terminal with ls -l but I can't post images yet :/

Original form that I want to submit isn't form with action, method...I submit it with ajax, but since that wasn't working I made a small form with just 2 inputs to see what's going on...and it says permission denied

EDIT 2: error message:

    Whoops, looks like something went wrong.

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    ErrorException in AdminFunkcije.php line 121:
    move_uploaded_file(/slika.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied
    in AdminFunkcije.php line 121
    at HandleExceptions->handleError('2', 'move_uploaded_file(/slika.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied', '/home/tamara/hexdoo/app/Http/Controllers/AdminFunkcije.php', '121', array('username' => 'lalal', 'size' => '1'))
    at move_uploaded_file('/tmp/phpCLtMt3', '/slika.jpg') in AdminFunkcije.php line 121
    at AdminFunkcije->dodajKategorije2()
    at call_user_func_array(array(object(AdminFunkcije), 'dodajKategorije2'), array()) in Controller.php line 246
    at Controller->callAction('dodajKategorije2', array()) in ControllerDispatcher.php line 162
    at ControllerDispatcher->call(object(AdminFunkcije), object(Route), 'dodajKategorije2') in ControllerDispatcher.php line 107
    at ControllerDispatcher->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 141
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 101
    at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in ControllerDispatcher.php line 108
    at ControllerDispatcher->callWithinStack(object(AdminFunkcije), object(Route), object(Request), 'dodajKategorije2') in ControllerDispatcher.php line 67
    at ControllerDispatcher->dispatch(object(Route), object(Request), 'App\Http\Controllers\AdminFunkcije', 'dodajKategorije2') in Route.php line 198
    at Route->runWithCustomDispatcher(object(Request)) in Route.php line 131
    at Route->run(object(Request)) in Router.php line 691
    at Router->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 141
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 101
    at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Router.php line 693
    at Router->runRouteWithinStack(object(Route), object(Request)) in Router.php line 660
    at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 618
    at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 210
    at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 141
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in ShareErrorsFromSession.php line 55
    at ShareErrorsFromSession->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 125
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in StartSession.php line 61
    at StartSession->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 125
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in AddQueuedCookiesToResponse.php line 36
    at AddQueuedCookiesToResponse->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 125
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in EncryptCookies.php line 40
    at EncryptCookies->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 125
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in CheckForMaintenanceMode.php line 42
    at CheckForMaintenanceMode->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 125
    at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 101
    at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Kernel.php line 111
    at Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 84
    at Kernel->handle(object(Request)) in index.php line 53
    at require_once('/home/tamara/hexdoo/public/index.php') in server.php line 21

PHP

    public function dodajKategorije2() {
        if(isset($_POST['username'])) { $username = $_POST['username'];}

        echo count($_FILES)."
". print_r($_FILES);

        if(isset($_FILES['profileImg'])) { 
            $size= intval($_FILES['profileImg']['size'],10);    
           if($size > 10485760) { 
                return "file size: ".$_FILES['profileImg']['size'];
            } else {
                move_uploaded_file($_FILES['profileImg']['tmp_name'][0] ,"/slika.jpg");
                return "ok";
            }
         }
         else return "no file ";
    }

FORM

<form id="data" method="POST" action="admin/dodaj_kategorije" enctype="multipart/form-data"> User Name: <input type="text" name="username" value=""><br /> Profile Image: <input name="profileImg[]" type="file" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>

Answer 1

It is better to use move function for upload the file to Public folder. Then it will be easier for you to access the file from anywhere in your application.

//For access the file
$file = $request->file('image');

//Display File Name

echo 'File Name: '.$file->getClientOriginalName();
  echo '<br>';

  //Display File Extension
  echo 'File Extension: '.$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
  echo '<br>';

  //Display File Real Path
  echo 'File Real Path: '.$file->getRealPath();
  echo '<br>';

  //Display File Size
  echo 'File Size: '.$file->getSize();
  echo '<br>';

  //Display File Mime Type
  echo 'File Mime Type: '.$file->getMimeType();

  //Move Uploaded File
  $destinationPath = 'uploads';
  $file->move($destinationPath,$file->getClientOriginalName());

Above move function will upload the file with its real name(original file name). if you want to customize it you can use a uniqid() function for generate a unique file name,

//Move Uploaded File
$up_name = uniqid();
$destinationPath = 'uploads';
$file->move($destinationPath, $up_name );

Answer 2

I finally solved the problem. I had www-data:www-data set as owner of folder storage but it kept saying

unable to create '/upload' directory

I set destination to './upload'

it still says

file was not uploaded due to an unknown error

but when I checked (accidentally) public folder file was there...

I don't know why it says it's not uploaded due to error but so for me it works with that dot. 所以对我来说它可以与该点一起使用。