Title: save image in upload folder
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# save image in upload folder

 *  [omidparkour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omidparkour/)
 * (@omidparkour)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/)
 * Hi guys
    i want to create a field in user profile to upload image for use in 
   author page . and so i write the following codes but image url insert in database
   but photo can not be saved in upload folder please help me!
 * add_action( ‘show_user_profile’, ‘my_show_extra_profile_fields’ );
    add_action(‘
   edit_user_profile’, ‘my_show_extra_profile_fields’ );
 * function my_show_extra_profile_fields( $user ) { ?>
 * <h3>Extra profile information</h3>
 * <table class=”form-table”>
 * <tr>
    <th><label for=”Linkedin”>Header Photo</label></th>
 * <td>
    <input type=”file” name=”Header” id=”Header” value=”<?php echo esc_attr(
   get_the_author_meta( ‘Header’, $user->ID ) ); ?>” class=”regular-text” /> <span
   class=”description”>عکس هدر صفحه پروفایل خود را آپلود کنید</span> </td> </tr>
   </table> <?php } add_action( ‘personal_options_update’, ‘my_save_extra_profile_fields’);
   add_action( ‘edit_user_profile_update’, ‘my_save_extra_profile_fields’ );
 * function my_save_extra_profile_fields( $user_id ) {
    $uploadUrl= wp_get_upload_dir();
   if ( !current_user_can( ‘edit_user’, $user_id ) ) return false;
 * /* Copy and paste this line for additional fields. Make sure to change ‘twitter’
   to the field ID. */
    update_usermeta( $user_id, ‘Header’, $uploadUrl[‘url’].”/”.
   $_POST[‘Header’] ); }

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 *  [Guido Scialfa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wido/)
 * (@wido)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-7446398)
 * Hello,
 * To upload a file programmatically into the upload dir you should use [wp_handle_upload](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_handle_upload)
 *  Thread Starter [omidparkour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omidparkour/)
 * (@omidparkour)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-7446399)
 * More Help Please !!!
    I can not use this function
 *  [Guido Scialfa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wido/)
 * (@wido)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-7446426)
 * Hello omidparkour,
 * I had a closer look on this and I created a little snippet to store the user “
   avatar” into the upload dir, save it as user meta ( you should change the key
   of the meta ) and also show it on user profile.
 * First of all, you had not able to store the file into the upload dir because 
   the profile form is not multipart, so I added an additional hook
 *     ```
       function my_profile_multipart() {
           echo 'enctype="multipart/form-data"';
       }
       add_action('user_edit_form_tag', 'my_profile_multipart' );
       ```
   
 * With that we can use the global var $_FILES to move the file into the upload 
   dir.
 * For the path for the file I used **uploads/users-avatar/{user_login}** and for
   the file name the name of the original file. I think you should consider to use
   always the same name to prevent user to upload multiple files.
 * Here the code [https://codepad.co/snippet/xjVvxCJ4](https://codepad.co/snippet/xjVvxCJ4)
   tested in a unix local server and WordPress version 4.5.2
 * Let me know if you encounter some issue.
 * Alternatively there are a bounce of plugins that add this feature.
 *  Thread Starter [omidparkour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omidparkour/)
 * (@omidparkour)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-7446461)
 * thank you so much 🙂 :*
 *  [Michele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msustudio/)
 * (@msustudio)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-8623726)
 * I have the same issue. Here’s my code which is not working:
 * function my_profile_multipart() {
    echo ‘enctype=”multipart/form-data”‘; } add_action(‘
   user_edit_form_tag’, ‘my_profile_multipart’ );
 * function my_show_extra_profile_fields( $user ) { ?>
 *  <h3>Credentials</h3>
    <table class=”form-table”> <tr> <th><label for=”drivers_license”
   >Driver’s License</label></th>
 *  <td>
    ID ) ?>”/> <input type=”file” name=”drivers_license” id=”drivers_license”
   value=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( ‘drivers_license’, $user->ID));?
   >” /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><label for=”state_credentials”>State Credentials</
   label></th>
 *  <td>
    <input type=”file” name=”state_credentials” id=”state_credentials” value
   =”<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( ‘state_credentials’, $user->ID ) );?
   >” /> </td> </tr> </table>
 * <?php }
    add_action( ‘personal_options_update’, ‘my_save_extra_profile_fields’);
   add_action( ‘edit_user_profile_update’, ‘my_save_extra_profile_fields’ );
 * function my_save_extra_profile_fields( $user_id ) {
 *  if ( !current_user_can( ‘edit_user’, $user_id ) )
    return false;
 *  $uploadUrl = wp_get_upload_dir();
    $drivers_license = $_POST[“drivers_license”];
   $state_credentials = $_POST[“state_credentials”]; update_usermeta( $user_id, ‘
   drivers_license’, $uploadUrl[‘url’].’/agents/’.$drivers_license ); update_usermeta(
   $user_id, ‘state_credentials’, $uploadUrl[‘url’].’/agents/’.$state_credentials);}
   add_action( ‘show_user_profile’, ‘my_show_extra_profile_fields’ ); add_action(‘
   edit_user_profile’, ‘my_show_extra_profile_fields’ );
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Michele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msustudio/).

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 * Last reply from: [Michele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msustudio/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-image-in-upload-folder-1/#post-8623726)
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