move_uploaded_file failure

Question

Can someone help me understand why this is returning false?

if ((move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$field][\'tmp_name\'], $path))) {

As in, potent

Answer 1

Basic debugging steps:

• What does a print_r($_FILES) look like?
• Does the source file actually exist?
• Is the "error" flag of the file upload zero (will be visible when doing the print_r)
• What does the target $path look like?
• Are you specifying a full file name in the target path?

My guess is that $path is only a path to a folder, not to a full file name.

Update: You need to specify a filesystem path as $path.