View : Model : Controller : I saw many posts that community newbie is confuse in image/photo upload with random name. so I post this topic covering all useful things regarding to image/photo upload(not covering image attribute related functionality) View : _form.php file: .. // form options array... ' htmlOptions ' => array ( ' enctype ' => ' multipart/form-data ' , ) , ... .. // Other elements .. .. < div class = " row " > <? php echo $form -> labelEx ( $model , ' image ' ) ; ?> <? php echo CHtml :: activeFileField ( $model , ' image ' ) ; ?> // by this we can upload image <? php echo $form -> error ( $model , ' image ' ) ; ?> </ div > <? php if ( $model -> isNewRecord != ' 1 ' ) { ?> <div class="row"> <?php echo CHtml :: image ( Yii :: app ( ) -> request -> baseUrl