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Posted by Erwin Moller on 01/09/08 17:12
Rob wrote:
> On Jan 9, 10:34 am, Erwin Moller
> <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
>> Saravana wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am new to this group and I am new to PHP too.
>>> I want to create a php page with a file browse button and I have to
>>> add the file path in Mysql table after submit.
>>> Kindly bring me your ideas.
>> Hi,
>>
>> The HTML part for fileuploads is easy (assuming you know HTML)
>> Google for file upload, follow first link:http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/file.html
>>
>> for an introduction.
>>
>> About saving the file path: forget it.
>> Fileuploads only send the file(s) to the server, NOT the path where they
>> reside on the clientmachine.
>> Even Javascript will not help you with this: It is also crippled on
>> purpose when it come to real paths and files.
>>
>> Reason?
>> It is none of the server's business where the original file is on the
>> client.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Erwin Moller
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> S.SARAVANAKUMAR- Hide quoted text -
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Erwin - that's not strictly true.
>
> JavaScript could be used to store the original location of the file,
> like this :-
>
> <form method="POST" name=form1>
> <input type=file onChange="alert(this.value)">
> </form>
Hi,
You are right.
I stand corrected. :-)
It is NOT possible to modify the value(s) with JavaScript, but it is
possible to read.
Regards,
Erwin Moller
>
> Having said that, I can't think why you would want the original
> location. I think Saravana is actually asking how to store the name/
> path of the file on the server, so it can be retreived.
>
> Is that right?
>
> Rob.
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