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Posted by Jasper Bryant-Greene on 10/05/41 11:32
Joe Harman wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> I would think that there has to be something out there like a Javascript
> that would accomplish that... that would be my first guess anyhow... there
> possibly could be something done in flash that would act as a drop area for
> the file... let us know what you find
> Joe
There's no way the browser is going to let JS have access to the user's
filesystem. I would expect ditto for Flash, although I don't use it.
Jasper
>
> On 11/18/05, Micah Stevens <micah@raincross-tech.com> wrote:
>>
>> No. That would be nice though eh?
>>
>> What I have done in the past is when a user needs to upload a file, I give
>> them a linked button that links to a ftp:// style address. This ftp
>> account
>> points to a directory that PHP can have access to.
>>
>> The user then drags and drops (IE only) the files on this new window,
>> which
>> uploads the files to this directory.
>>
>> Once they're done, they close the window, and hit a second button 'Click
>> here
>> when finished uploading' which tells php to grab all the files in the
>> upload
>> directory and put them where they need to go.
>>
>> This is far from ideal, causes miserable problems when more than one
>> person is
>> using the technique at once, and offers a host of security and usability
>> issues. Oh, and it's IE only, Firefox can't do this, and I don't think
>> opera/safari can either.
>>
>> However, it's much better than uploading a ton of files individually using
>> a
>> form. I only use this for applications where I can be sure that only one
>> user
>> will use it at once, and they're trusted.
>>
>> In a pinch it works though. I don't care so much about drag and drop, I
>> was
>> just trying to solve the multi-file upload issue. I wish there was a
>> better
>> way.
>>
>> If I'm stupid and there is, I'd love to hear about it.
>>
>> -Micah
>>
>> On Friday 18 November 2005 5:42 pm, Chris Payne wrote:
>>> HI there everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a file upload system where you select via requester the file to
>>> upload, it then uploads it with PHP and stores the info in a MySQL
>>> database. Is there an interface / programming method I can use which I
>> can
>>> DRAG a file from the desktop into an area in a form just as if I had
>> used a
>>> file requester to select a file? Learning a new programming technique is
>>> no problem as long as it can be used with PHP and MYSQL.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any helps / pointers would be REALLY welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
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>
>
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> Joe Harman
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