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Posted by "Nate Nielsen" on 10/07/59 11:32
You wont be able to do the drag and drop, but you can gracefully do multiple
file uploads with flash (via flash 8). It also lets you know the progress
of the file upload itself.
I've done a snazzy picture upload tool for a Flex (generates flash
applications on the fly with ActionScript and XML files only - no actual
flash IDE) - it allows you to select a file, hit upload, shows a progress
bar of the transfer (you can cancel at any time) - and when done, the image
is made into a thumbnail and shown on the screen. -obviously, no page
reloads and totally cross compatible.
I wouldnt know where to start with regular flash as I'm a programmer, so
only Flex appeals to me - but I know it can be done, and isnt extremely
complicated. My guess is that you could have a flash guru whip something
out pretty fast.
=)
-Nate Nielsen
nnielsen@cfgod.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jasper Bryant-Greene" <jasper@album.co.nz>
To: "Joe Harman" <cjharman@gmail.com>
Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: [PHP-DB] Drag and Drop with PHP and MySQL
> 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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>>
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