Title: Upload Problems
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Upload Problems

 *  Resolved [Flyingslide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/admindesigns/)
 * (@admindesigns)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-problems-14/)
 * Hello!
 * I want to thank you for sharing all of the hardwork you have put in to this plugin.
   I just downloaded and installed it, set a base directory, and added a “fileup”
   shortcode to a post. Uploader shows up fine, browses to the correct directory,
   and gives me a green checkmark upon hitting upload. No errors to be seen. However,
   nothing actually appears in the upload directory.
 * It is creating the new folder and adding a new index.php but nothing beyond that.
   The directory browser shows files i’ve manually uploaded just fine. I’m using
   just a local xampp server and don’t appear to be having any other upload issues.
 * Thank you ahead ahead of time for any help you might be able to give. Cheers 
   mate
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)

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 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-problems-14/#post-6966532)
 * Hi.
 * The reason why it’s not working is you’re using xampp, as discussed in the FAQ
   and on the main Plugin Requirements page.
 * Open up wp-content/plugins/file-away/lib/cls/class.fileaway_management.php and
   make the following changes:
 * Lines 1063-1064:
    replace:
 *     ```
       $file_name = strip_tags(stripslashes($_FILES['upload_file']['name']));
       $new_name = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['new_name']));
       ```
   
 * with:
 *     ```
       $file_name = strip_tags($_FILES['upload_file']['name']);
       $new_name = strip_tags($_POST['new_name']);
       ```
   
 * Line 1086:
    delete this line: `$location = stripslashes($location);`
 * Line 1101:
    replace: `$overwrite = $li && stripslashes($_POST['overwrite']) =
   = 'true' ? true : false;` with: `$overwrite = $li && $_POST['overwrite'] == '
   true' ? true : false;`
 *  Thread Starter [Flyingslide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/admindesigns/)
 * (@admindesigns)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-problems-14/#post-6966540)
 * That’s some unbelievable response time my friend. Solution worked. I’m pretty
   new to WordPress and and consequently its plugins so I forget to things still
   like the FAQ. Apologies for having to repeat yourself. Cheers
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-problems-14/#post-6966543)
 * No problem at all!
 * Happy to help.
 * Happy uploading.

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 * Last reply from: [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-problems-14/#post-6966543)
 * Status: resolved