Really Strange Problem With Uploads

[eluser]phpprogrammer[/eluser]
No problem. I am glad I finally found the solution after about 4 hours of pulling my hair out! Hopefully people having the same issue in the future will find some help through this thread. It really should be documented in CodeIgniter somewhere.

However, I really want to put safe_mode back on if it's possible to do so.

How do I get CodeIgniter to set the correct ownership when I make new folders and files? When I turn safe_mode on, it keeps setting the ownership to "Apache" when it should be something like "mysite"