[mandiatutti]

hi everyone! I have a profile view in which you can change the profile picture. I'd like to create this behaviour: 
- The relative pic path will be saved in the user table under the avatar column, 
- The actual picture will be saved on the server in assets/profiles folder

So i read the tutorial, and I have some problem making the folder writable apparently (I'm on mac)

PHP Code:

<?php if(is_writable(base_url('assets/profiles'))){
    echo 'writable';
}
else { echo  (base_url('assets/profiles'). ' ' ."is not writable");} ?>

 This code is always returning me that is not writable, but on terminal i have these permissions on the folder: drwxrwxrwx, which I obtained with chmod 777 profiles/

But let's go on... This is my form: 

PHP Code:

<div class="file btn btn-lg btn-primary">
                            Change photo
                            <?php echo form_open_multipart('pages/do_upload');?>
                                <input type="file" name="avatar"/>
                                <input type="submit" value="upload"/>
                            </div> 


This is my controller: 

PHP Code:

public function do_upload()
    {
        $config['upload_path'] = './assets/images/profiles';
        $config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png'; 
        $config['max_size'] = 10000;
        $config['max_width'] = 1024; 
        $config['max_height'] = 768;

        $this->load->library('upload', $config); 
        
        $data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
        var_dump($data);
        $this->load->view('profile', $data);

    } 


Now, I know that it's not doing what I want (yet), since I'm firstly trying to upload the picture... Later I'll think of storing the path in my table, and deleting the old profile pic, but I think I'm capable of thing it... The problem is uploading the damn picture xD

UPDATE: I keep getting a message 'The upload path does not appear to be valid.' But according to my computer I have permissions... Could it be a problem related to docker or lamp server? 

[InsiteFX]

Try adding the forward slash to the end of the upload path.

PHP Code:

// change this
$config['upload_path'] = './assets/images/profiles';

// to this
$config['upload_path'] = './assets/images/profiles/'; 


See if the works.

If not check your upload path that it is correct.

[mandiatutti]

Try adding the forward slash to the end of the upload path.

PHP Code:

// change this
$config['upload_path'] = './assets/images/profiles';

// to this
$config['upload_path'] = './assets/images/profiles/'; 


See if the works.

If not check your upload path that it is correct.

I made it even simpler... I changed my path in './uploads/' (as in codeigniter tutorial) but nothing... Moreover i created that folder with the command 'mkdir 777 uploads'. Still not working tho... Can it be related to .htaccess file?

[InsiteFX]

Could be but I use an assets folder under my public_html and have no problems
accessing it.

[includebeer]

PHP Code:

<?php if(is_writable(base_url('assets/profiles'))){
    echo 'writable';
}
else { echo  (base_url('assets/profiles'). ' ' ."is not writable");} ?>

 This code is always returning me that is not writable, but on terminal i have these permissions on the folder: drwxrwxrwx, which I obtained with chmod 777 profiles/

is_writable check if a local file or a directory is writable but you pass an URL! Don't use base_url, pass the path to the local directory.