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Posted by Saravana on 01/10/08 05:58
On Jan 9, 8:05 pm, Rob <ratkin...@tbs-ltd.co.uk> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 10:34 am, Erwin Moller
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> <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> > Saravana wrote:
> > > Hi all,
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> > > I am new to this group and I am new to PHP too.
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> > > 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,
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> > 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
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> > for an introduction.
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> > 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.
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> > Reason?
> > It is none of the server's business where the original file is on the
> > client.
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> > Regards,
> > Erwin Moller
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > S.SARAVANAKUMAR- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> Erwin - that's not strictly true.
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> JavaScript could be used to store the original location of the file,
> like this :-
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> <form method="POST" name=form1>
> <input type=file onChange="alert(this.value)">
> </form>
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> 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.
Hi Rob,
You are exactly correct.
Thanks for the help.
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