MediaCenter solution for this issue copy(../images/2020.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied in .........php file first you need to go you file or image get info and allow both read and write accesibility second you need to run this command on your terminal sudo chmod -R 777 and your file path example in my case, sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/MediaCenter/images