failed to open stream error with move_uploaded_file()

**Atli** · Aug 7 '08, 09:59 PM

Hi.

This doesn't seem to be a permission error tho. It's a "file not found" error.
Are you sure the directory you are using exists and that the path is spelled correctly?

Try using file_exists on the directory before you move the file, just to see if PHP can see it.

**ifedi** · Aug 9 '08, 05:52 PM

thanks Atli for taking time to reply.

I ended up overcoming my problem when I stumbled on these results (which rather surprised little me!):

Code:

$available= is_writable($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/doc/images/clientpics/');
var_dump($available);

Output: bool(false)

Code:

$available= is_writable($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/doc/images/clientpics'); //note absence of trailing forward slash
var_dump($available)

Output: bool(true)

The rest of the script panned out nicely afterwards:

Code:

$uploaddir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/doc/images/clientpics';

$uploadfile = $uploaddir .'/'.basename($_FILES['upload_pic']['name']);

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['upload_pic']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
   $msg = "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.";
} else {
   $msg = "Error uploading!";
}

Just thought I should 'epilogue' the post, for the possible benefit of some folk somewhere.

Regards,
Ifedi

**Atli** · Aug 10 '08, 01:36 AM

Nice. Glad you found a solution.
And thanks for sharing it.

**oussamabl** · Feb 15 '20, 05:30 PM

thank you bro for sharing the solution

failed to open stream error with move_uploaded_file()

failed to open stream error with move_uploaded_file()

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