ASIFormDataRequest uploads blank image - objective-c

Question

After searching here for a simple image upload with ASIFormDataRequest i finally got it working(sort of) but with a unexpected error.
My image is uploaded to my server but it is blank, 0 bytes in size.
Here is my code:
-(IBAction)uploadImage:(id)sender
{
NSData *data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(self.imageView.image,0.6f);
NSString *file = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"upload.png"];
[data writeToFile:file atomically:YES];
NSString *strURL = #"http://domain.com/upload.php";
ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:strURL]];
UIImage *image1=[UIImage imageNamed:file];
NSData *imageData1=UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image1, 1.0);
[request setData:imageData1 withFileName:file andContentType:#"image/jpeg" forKey:#"avatar"];
[request setRequestMethod:#"POST"];
//[request appendPostData:body];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request setTimeOutSeconds:13.0];
request.shouldAttemptPersistentConnection = NO;
[request setDidFinishSelector:#selector(uploadRequestFinished:)];
[request setDidFailSelector:#selector(uploadRequestFailed:)];
[request startAsynchronous];
}
- (void)uploadRequestFinished:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request
{
NSLog(#" Error - Statistics file upload ok: \"%#\"",[request responseString]);
}
- (void)uploadRequestFailed:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request{
NSLog(#" Error - Statistics file upload failed: \"%#\"",[[request error] localizedDescription]);
}
My PHP code:
<?php
$target = "./";
$target = $target . basename( $_FILES['avatar']['name']) ;
$ok=1;
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['avatar']['tmp_name'], $target))
{
echo "The file ok";
}
else {
echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file.";
}
?>
At first i thought it was a folder permision thing but i tested it with a simple html form upload(with the same php file,unedited) and the file was uploaded in full size.
I know that such a method of uploading a file is dangerous,but for the moment it is the only thing i got.
Any ideas why my file it's not getting uploaded?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Ok,i followed your advise and actually used AFNetwork
Here is my code for helping out others.
NSData *imageToUpload = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(_imageView.image, 0.5f);
AFHTTPClient *client= [AFHTTPClient clientWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://domain.com"]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [client multipartFormRequestWithMethod:#"POST" path:#"upload.php" parameters:nil constructingBodyWithBlock: ^(id <AFMultipartFormData>formData) {
[formData appendPartWithFileData: imageToUpload name:#"avatar" fileName:fullFilename mimeType:#"image/jpeg"];
}];
AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];
[operation setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
NSString *response = [operation responseString];
NSLog(#"response: [%#]",response);
[MBProgressHUD hideHUDForView:self.view animated:YES];
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
if([operation.response statusCode] == 403){
NSLog(#"Upload Failed");
return;
}
NSLog(#"error: %#", [operation error]);
}];
[operation start];