Upload not finding directory to write to.

PHP List, I had a file upload script which was working fine. Then, because of other needs, I changed my local Apache settings so that my local web site directory structure behaved the same as they do on my web hosting service. What I mean by that is that before, I would access my local web sites by going to their directories within the localhost (/var/www) directory: localhost/web_sites/web_site_one/index.php Now I just go to: web_site_one/ If i create a link that says <a href="/">link</a>, it goes to the root of the web site, where the index.php is. Within that root directory, I have a directory called "image", where I'm trying to put my uploaded image files. The destination file location should then be "/image/", shouldn't it? My code looks like this: $fileLocation = "/image/" . $_POST['name']; if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $fileLocation)) { chmod ($fileLocation, 0777); } $_POST['name'] is a name for the file that the user has entered. But this now gives me an error that it can't open a stream to the destination. I also checked to make sure that the "image" directory has fully open permissions, and it's currently set to "drwxrwxrwx", or "0777". Am I missing some fundamental issue with directory structures on an Apache server? -- Dave M G Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Kernel 2.6.17.7 Pentium D Dual Core Processor PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2