Uploading an image in Codeigniter shows error The upload path does not appear to be valid

Question

$config[\'upload_path\'] = site_path().\'photos/\';
$config[\'allowed_types\'] = \'gif|jpg|png|jpeg\';
$config[\'max_size\'] = \'2048\';
$this->load->library(\         


        

Answer 1

$config['upload_path'] = './photos/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|jpeg|png';
$config['max_size'] = '1000';
$config['max_width'] = '1920';
$config['max_height'] = '1280';                     

$this->upload->initialize($config);

write this code in your controller block

this problem is common i know your wrote this code in __construct() block but right method is use this code in particular Controller where upload code are call.

Answer 2

Check your .htaccess file not to block application folder Check is uploads is CHMOD 777 Use var_dump(is_dir('/photos/')); to see is your directory exist! Finally try this:

    $config['upload_path'] = 'photos/';
    $config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|jpeg|png';
    $config['max_size'] = '1000';
    $config['max_width'] = '1920';
    $config['max_height'] = '1280';                     

    $this->upload->initialize($config);

Answer 3

This should help

If you need to automatically create directories like: ./assets/2016-07-27/ when uploading files then you'll have to extend the Upload library to automatically create directories if they don't exist.

The code:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * File Uploading Class Extension
 *
 * @package     CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage  Libraries
 * @category    Uploads
 * @author      Harrison Emmanuel (Eharry.me)
 * @link        https://www.eharry.me/blog/post/my-codeigniter-upload-extension/
 */
class MY_Upload extends CI_Upload {

    /**
     * Validate Upload Path
     *
     * Verifies that it is a valid upload path with proper permissions.
     *
     * @return  bool
     */
    public function validate_upload_path()
    {
        if ($this->upload_path === '')
        {
            $this->set_error('upload_no_filepath', 'error');
            return FALSE;
        }

        if (realpath($this->upload_path) !== FALSE)
        {
            $this->upload_path = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath($this->upload_path));
        }

        if ( ! is_dir($this->upload_path))
        {
            // EDIT: make directory and try again
            if ( ! mkdir ($this->upload_path, 0777, TRUE))
            {
                $this->set_error('upload_no_filepath', 'error');
                return FALSE;
            }
        }

        if ( ! is_really_writable($this->upload_path))
        {
            // EDIT: change directory mode
            if ( ! chmod($this->upload_path, 0777))
            {
                $this->set_error('upload_not_writable', 'error');
                return FALSE;
            }
        }

        $this->upload_path = preg_replace('/(.+?)\/*$/', '\\1/',  $this->upload_path);
        return TRUE;
    }
}

How to use:

Simply create application/libraries/MY_Upload.php and paste the code above in it. That's all!

More info:

• The GitHub Gist.
• My blog post on Eharry.me

NOTE:

This extension is compatible with CodeIgniter 3.x and 2.x versions.

Answer 4

Try out this code in your Controller

$config['upload_path'] = 'images'; //name of the uploading folder
$config['allowed_types'] = 'jpeg|png|jpg'; 
$config['file_name'] = 'name_for_file'; 

$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->initialize($config);

if (!$this->upload->do_upload())
 {
  echo $this->upload->display_errors();
  exit;
 }
else
 {
  $upload_data = $this->upload->data();
 } 

Answer 5

If you are on windows try writing to "c:\" and see if that works.

Also what is the output of site_path() eg echo site_path(); ?

On xammp I've found I need to write c:\xammp\htdocs\myproject\photos\ instead of just using '\photos\';

Answer 6

I'm using wamp on windows

$config['upload_path'] = base_url().'./resources/uploads/';

not working at all.

var_dump(is_dir($config['upload_path'])); //return false
var_dump(is_writable($config['upload_path']));  //return false

but when I change it to

$config['upload_path'] = './resources/uploads/';   //works fine

it works fine. So I guess on windows it's not a permission problem.it's caused by the base_url() method .how strange is that.