Upload Video Files Via PHP and Save Them in Appropriate Folder and Have a Database Entry

Upload video files via PHP and save them in appropriate folder and have a database entry

"Could you suggest a simpler code main thing is uploading the file Data base entry is secondary"

^--- As per OP's request. ---^

Image and video uploading code (tested with PHP Version 5.4.17)

HTML form

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>
<title></title>
</head>

<body>

<form action="upload_file.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file"><span>Filename:</span></label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> 
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

PHP handler (upload_file.php)

Change upload folder to preferred name. Presently saves to upload/

<?php

$allowedExts = array("jpg", "jpeg", "gif", "png", "mp3", "mp4", "wma");
$extension = pathinfo($_FILES['file']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "video/mp4")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "audio/mp3")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "audio/wma")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg"))

&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 20000)
&& in_array($extension, $allowedExts))

  {
  if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
    {
    echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
    }
  else
    {
    echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
    echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
    echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
    echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

    if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
      {
      echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
      }
    else
      {
      move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
      "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
      echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
      }
    }
  }
else
  {
  echo "Invalid file";
  }
?>

uploading videos to server using PHP

This is one part of what you're looking for:

$username = 'Max Mustermann';    // you'd have to get that from somewhere
$targetfolder = 'upload/'.$username;

if (!file_exists($targetfolder)) {
    mkdir($targetfolder, 0777, true);
}
if (file_exists($targetfolder . $_FILES["file"]["name"])) {
     echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
}
else {
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
        $targetfolder . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);

    echo "Stored in: " . $targetfolder . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
}

You still need to send a username to the server.
With that you can also access is on his next visit.

BUT
I recommend to give the folder and the file other names and store them in db, connected to the user's data. This way you have better control of who can access what file (video), you don't have to search the filesystem (which is slower then searching n db).

how can i upload a video and it saved to a folder in codeigniter?

Try this

In Controller

$configVideo['upload_path'] = 'assets/gallery/images'; # check path is correct
$configVideo['max_size'] = '102400';
$configVideo['allowed_types'] = 'mp4'; # add video extenstion on here
$configVideo['overwrite'] = FALSE;
$configVideo['remove_spaces'] = TRUE;
$video_name = random_string('numeric', 5);
$configVideo['file_name'] = $video_name;

$this->load->library('upload', $configVideo);
$this->upload->initialize($configVideo);

if (!$this->upload->do_upload('uploadan')) # form input field attribute
{
    # Upload Failed
    $this->session->set_flashdata('error', $this->upload->display_errors());
    redirect('controllerName/method');
}
else
{
    # Upload Successfull
    $url = 'assets/gallery/images'.$video_name;
    $set1 =  $this->Model_name->uploadData($url);
    $this->session->set_flashdata('success', 'Video Has been Uploaded');
    redirect('controllerName/method');
}

In Model

public function uploadData($url)
{
    $title = $this->input->post('title');
    $details = $this->input->post('details');
    $type = $this->input->post('gallery');

    $data = array(
        'url'       => $url,
        'title'     => $title,
        'details'   => $details,
        'category'  => $type
    );

    $this->db->insert('gallery', $data);
}

How to insert images and videos into databases

Configure The "php.ini" File

First, ensure that PHP is configured to allow file uploads.

In your "php.ini" file, search for the file_uploads directive, and set it to On:

file_uploads = On

Create The HTML Form

Next, create an HTML form that allow users to choose the image file they want to upload:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  Select image to upload:
  <input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
  <input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

Some rules to follow for the HTML form above:

Make sure that the form uses method="post". The form also needs the following attribute: enctype="multipart/form-data". It specifies which content-type to use when submitting the form

Without the requirements above, the file upload will not work.

Other things to notice:

The type="file" attribute of the <input> tag shows the input field as a file-select control, with a "Browse" button next to the input control

The form above sends data to a file called "upload.php", which we will create next.
Create The Upload File PHP Script

The "upload.php" file contains the code for uploading a file:

<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = strtolower(pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
  $check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
  if($check !== false) {
    echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
    $uploadOk = 1;
  } else {
    echo "File is not an image.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
  }
}
?>

more info :

https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp

https://sites.google.com/site/prgimr/how-to-upload-image-or-files-into-database-using-php-and-mysql

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OUTgnaezNY

Upload Video Files Via PHP and Save Them in Appropriate Folder and Have a Database Entry