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Question

$target_path = "/public_html/user_images/";
//$target_path = realpath(user_images(getcwd()))

$targetpath = basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);

$target_path = $target_path . $targetpath; 

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path);
//echo "Image".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been successfully uploaded.";
$user_img = $target_path;

Answer 1

The leading / slash takes you all the way to the root of your server. You need to either use the full path (which on your server might be eg /home/yourdomain.com/public_html/images/ , or otherwise a path that is relative to the script you're running, eg '../images/' if your upload script were in ./public_html/codes/ , or simply './images/ if your script is in ./public_html/ .

• You also need to make sure that the folder has the correct permissions to write to it.

Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) which will help find errors.

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

// rest of your code

Sidenote: Error reporting should only be done in staging, and never production.