Correct Syntax for uploading files to custom directory in WordPress
(Update to answer: 05.27.15) What finally worked is using ABSPATH: $folderPath = “/jobtracking/files/standard/{$projID}”; mkdir(ABSPATH.$folderPath, 0755, true); $filename = basename($_FILES[‘Attach_Files’][‘name’]); $filetype = $_FILES[‘Attach_Files’][‘type’]; $datei = “files/standard/{$projID}/{$filename}”; $target_path = ABSPATH.$folderPath . “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/” . $filename; if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[‘Attach_Files’][‘tmp_name’], $target_path)) { mysql_query(“INSERT INTO files (files.name, files.project, files.user, files.added, files.datei, files.type, files.folder, files.visible) VALUES(‘{$filename}’, ‘{$projID}’, 5, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(now()), ‘{$datei}’, ‘{$filetype}’, 0, ‘ ‘)”); … Read more