Question Failed to upload file '': File was not uploaded.

Hi, I have digged into this issue further. Here, I am writing in detail about my error.

I wanted to update my site with new template. So I built new test site on subdomain with fresh joomla installation [database Name: COPY1] and installed all extensions one by one and then updated all database from old site [database: ORIGINAL] to this test site by exporting and importing through PhpMyadmin. Then i simply deleted all files of old under public_html and moved new testing site from subdomain to the public_html. Everything is working fine except major error of 'Unable image upload' in two different components 'Sobi2' and 'Kunena' with error message- 'Moving file error' and 'failed to move file' respectively.

I have tried all --changing CHMOD folder to 755 and 777 of media and image folders to enabling/disabling FTP configuration mode.

But nothing is working. Finally I transferred back up of old file to the new subdomain folder [database: ORIGINAL] and tried to upload file where it works without any error. I updated from old template to the new template to the this subdomain site and all upload works well. Then I took backup of this subdomain site from Akeeba and restored it under public_html and again this upload error started occurring.

Just for further testing I made clone of new template site [CLONE2] with errors under one more subdomian folder [database: COPY-2] which still shows this upload image error under subfolder. Just for testing I downgraded Kunena 1.6 to 1.5.13 version but still same upload error. Then I changed [database: COPY-2] to [database: ORIGINAL] of this [CLONE2] subfolder site under Joomla Global configuration, also made all required changes in configuration.php. So ideally this clone2 site with original database should show frontend data from [original] site, but it still shows Kunena 1.5.13 - data from [COPY2]!

So i feel there is some database misconfiguration which keep on directing to the old path after migrating to new folder and this is causing upload file error. I have tried to take help of Hostgator but in vain.

Hope to get any suggestion to solve this error.

Failed to upload file '': File was not uploaded.

I tried to upload a file called 08nationals.jpg that was on my pc and got this error message.

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

Legacy mode: Disabled | Joomla! SEF: Disabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Disabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

This message contains confidential information

htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 64M | Max file upload: 20M

Joomla default template details : coolness | author: jh! design | version: 1.0 | creationdate: August 28 2009

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle (default) | author: Kunena Team | version: 1.6.4 | creationdate: 2011-05-07

Kunena version detailled: Installed version: 1.6.4 | Build: 4832 | Version name: Kerkrade | Kunena detailled configuration:

Warning: Spoiler!

[th]Kunena config settings:[/th]

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Third-party components: CommunityBuilder 1.4 | UddeIm: The file doesn't exist uddeim.j15.xml !

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: System - Mootools Upgrade: Disabled | System - Mootools12: Disabled

Modules: None

I've referred this matter to the project team. We will try to get a response back to you as quickly as possible.

Check the directory /Media/kunena ........ in your joomla folder chmod it to 777 ... may be that will help you

chmod to 777 didn't work either. All folder are 755