Codice PHP:
function upload_image(){
 if(isset(
$_FILES["user_image"])) {
   
// $extension = explode('.', $_FILES['user_image']['name']);
   // $new_name = rand() . '.' . $extension[1];
   // $destination = './upload/' . $new_name;
   
$destination './upload/' $_FILES['user_image']['name'];
   
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['user_image']['tmp_name'], $destination);
   
//return $new_name;
   
return $_FILES['user_image']['name'];
 }

prova così, ho cambiato il valore del return nella funzione