make sure www-data can write to that folder (apache2handler,www-data) ls -l /var/www/9099.com/shoppingCart/images sudo chown www-data -R /var/www/9099.com/shoppingCart/images sudo chmod 775 -R /var/www/9099.com/shoppingCart/images ...or make it writeable by everyone... sudo chmod 777 -R /thefolder