//Make sure images directory exists, make new directory if not. if (!is_dir("images/art/".$artistX)) { mkdir("images/art/".$artistX, 0777); } // Function RENAME variables (original image, new image) $original_image ="/kunden/homepages/27/d173809928/htdocs/Public/addArt/".$image_name; $new_image = "/kunden/homepages/27/d173809928/htdocs/Public/images/art/".$artistX."/".$image_name; //Move images to new directories rename($original_image, $new_image) or die ("Could not move file");