Posted by Peter Fox on 07/27/06 07:12

Following on from walterbyrd's message. . .
>I am trying to develop an app where: the same file, in the same place,
>will be uploaded, and then processed.
>
>Everything I can find about uploading a file, uses a form that requires
>the user to either manually enter the path and file name, or to browse
>for the file. I do not want that. Ideally, I want the user to click on
>a link, and the server side php app does the rest. Again, the file
>always has the same name, and is in the same place.

There is no automatic way using PHP and normal browsers.

Why not use one of the zillions of backup/file synchroniser programs to
do the upload?

Or why not maintain the file at the server end without it being saved on
the user's computer?



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