Cannot save image with PHP? -

i trying take user uploaded file, resize, , fill empty section white using premade code snipit found here. seems working fine until attempt write code below code:

since may problem file permissions, absolute path saving http://test.local/uploads , script running http://test.local/library/ajaxupload.php.

$save = '../uploads/' . $filename; $image_p = imagecreatetruecolor($fwidth, $blank_height); $white = imagecolorallocate($image_p, $colorr, $colorg, $colorb); imagefill($image_p, 0, 0, $white); switch($filetype){     case "gif":         $image = @imagecreatefromgif($_files[$filename]['tmp_name']);     break;     case "jpg":         $image = @imagecreatefromjpeg($_files[$filename]['tmp_name']);     break;     case "jpeg":         $image = @imagecreatefromjpeg($_files[$filename]['tmp_name']);     break;     case "png":         $image = @imagecreatefrompng($_files[$filename]['tmp_name']);     break; } @imagecopyresampled($image_p, $image, 0, $top_offset, 0, 0, $fwidth, $fheight, $width_orig, $height_orig); switch($filetype){     case "gif":         if(!@imagegif($image_p, $save)){             $errorlist[]= "permission denied [gif]";         } break;     case "jpg":         if(!@imagejpeg($image_p, $save, 100)){             $errorlist[]= "permission denied [jpg]";         }     break;     case "jpeg":         if(!@imagejpeg($image_p, $save, 100)){             $errorlist[]= "permission denied [jpeg]";         }     break;     case "png":         if(!@imagepng($image_p, $save, 0)){             $errorlist[]= "permission denied [png]";         }     break; } 

edit: ok, following below instructions got error message. folder doesn't exist or permission denied.

the folder indeed exist...