Posted by Rob on 01/09/08 15:05

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>

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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