php - Uploading and moving image files on web server - Image not uploaded

Question

I am unable to see any image uploaded in the target folder. I also tried if (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['memphoto']['tmp_name'], $target.$HTTP_POST_FILES['memphoto']['name'])) instead of if(copy($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $uploadimages)) but didn't get any result. Can anybody help me.

<?php
  if ((isset($_FILES['photo']) && ($_FILES['photo']['size'] > 0)) 
  {
   $typ = $_FILES['photo']['type'];
   if($typ == "image/gif" || $typ == "image/png" || $typ == "image/jpeg" || $typ ==  "image/pgif" || $typ == "image/ppng" || $typ =="image/pjpeg" || $typ =="image/jpg")
   {
        $uploaddir = "images/";
        $uploadimages = $uploaddir.basename($_FILES['photo']['name']);
        if(copy($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $uploadimages))
        {
           echo "File successfully copied";
           $query = "UPDATE $tbl_name SET photo='$uploadimages WHERE ID='$ID' ";
           if (!mysql_query($query))
           {
              die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
              mysql_close();
           }
        }
        else{echo "Copy unsuccessful";}
    }
    else{
                echo "Incorrect file type";
    }             

  }
  else {
  echo "No Photo/Signature file selected/uploaded.";
   }
?>

Answer 1

I always use move_uploaded_file() to move the uploaded image to the target directory.

$uploadimages = $uploaddir.$_FILES['photo']['name'];
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $uploadimages)){
    echo 'uploaded';
}else{
    echo 'upload failed';
}

Make sure you have enctype="multipart/form-data" in your form tag.

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">