PHP Video Upload Application - Error message display problems.

Question

Hi Treehouse Community. I am attempting to build a simple application with PHP where people can upload their videos to a directory on the server called "uploads". I built a simple HTML site and PHP upload script, but the problem occurs when running the site on localhost. Several of the error messages in the IF blocks are displayed.

Problem 1: When site is launched on localhost, the error message: "Sorry, this file already exists" AND "Could not upload file" displays on the top of the page before the content, before any action is taken.

Problem 2: When a file is uploaded, the upload works, but the browser displays: "File is ok to upload" AND "Only files of the type 'mp4', 'avi' or 'mov' are allowed to upload." AND "Congratulations, your file: fonna sw front prenose 2.MOV has been uploaded"

Any help would be appreciated.

HTML:

     <fieldset>
             <form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                     <input id="upfile" type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
                        <br/>
                        <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Send" name="submit">
                    </form>
      </fieldset>

PHP:

  <?php
   error_reporting(0);
     $target_dir = "uploads/";
     $target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
     $uploadOk = 1;
     $allowed = array("mov", "mp4", "MP4", "MOV", "avi", "AVI");
     $ext = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
     $filename = $_FILES["video_file"]["name"];
    // Check if file is video file

    if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
        if(!in_array($ext, $allowed) ) {
                echo "File is not a movie";
                $uploadOk = 0;
            } else {
              echo "File is ok to upload";
                $uploadOk = 1;
            }
    }

    // CHECK IF FILE EXISTS

   if (file_exists($target_file)) {
       echo "Sorry, this file already exists";
       $uploadOk = 0;
  }



    //ALLOW CERTAIN FORMATS

  if ($filename != in_array($ext, $allowed)) {
       echo "Only files of the type 'mp4', 'avi' or 'mov' are allowed to upload.";
     }

   // CHECK IF UPLOAD OK IS SET TO 0 BY ERROR

   if ($uploadOk == 0) {
           echo "Could not upload file";
     } else {
       if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
              echo "Congratulations, your file: " . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]) . " has been uploaded";
    } else {
           echo "An error occurred while trying to upload your file.";
     }
 }

?>

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PHP Video Upload Application - Error message display problems.