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

Hi on server you can connect with filezilla and right click on folder and change File Attributes

Answer 2

I know this has already been answered. Even I had difficulty trying to upload files. But in my case the issue was that I had the CodeIgniter application in a folder outside of /var/www and the index page in the www folder (mainly as a security measure).

The uploads folder should be in the /var/www folder that contains the index.php file. This is what I had to do. The next thing is to give 777 permissions to the uploads folder.

Answer 3

There's only a few reasons for this error to occur:

1. The directory site_path().'photos/' does not exist, try running is_dir() to ensure that it does.
2. The directory exists but is not writable. Make sure you have set the appropriate permissions on the directory. Try running is_writable() to make sure.
3. The directory you want to use exists, but you have not represented it properly to the Upload library. Try using an absolute path with a trailing forward slash, similar to the example in the User Guide.

Beyond that, there is no explanation I can think of. Here is the CI code that validates the path (part of the Upload class):

public function validate_upload_path()
{
    if ($this->upload_path == '')
    {
        $this->set_error('upload_no_filepath');
        return FALSE;
    }

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

    // This is most likely the trigger for your error
    if ( ! @is_dir($this->upload_path))
    {
        $this->set_error('upload_no_filepath');
        return FALSE;
    }

    if ( ! is_really_writable($this->upload_path))
    {
        $this->set_error('upload_not_writable');
        return FALSE;
    }

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

Update:

Per your comments, try this instead and let's see what happens before moving to the next step of debugging:

$config['upload_path'] = './community/photos/';

Answer 4

i think problem can be solve by using

$config['upload_path'] ='./photos/';

instead of

$config['upload_path'] = site_path().'photos/';