Title: wp_insert_attachment
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp_insert_attachment

 *  [kmcadams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmcadams/)
 * (@kmcadams)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_attachment/)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_attachment](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_attachment)
 * wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename, 37 );
    this states that $filename
   is “Location of the file on the server. Use absolute path and not the URI of 
   the file. The file MUST be on the uploads directory.”
 * when i append the full physical path of this file relative to the server root
   and look at the image in the media library the file uri is incorrect.
 * when i use the path to the file from the uploads directory the uri is correct.
 * what is meant by this – is it the absolute path of the image file starting at
   the uploads directory?

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