Full Pathname: Browsing - <input type=file>

Hi;
I need to capture the full pathname of a file as input to a php
script and am using <form type=file> as a user interface to avoid having
to type the full pathname manually. When I use the browse button on the
form and select a file from the dialog, the result is the filename but
not the path information. The full path comes up in the text input box
but the path portion discarded on submission. if I type the full
pathname into the textbox and submit the full pathname I type is
submitted as expected, but not if I browse. Is there a way to browse and
capture the full pathname.

Thanks for any assistance

Jeff

Jeff Peters wrote:

I need to capture the full pathname of a file as input to a php
script and am using <form type=file> as a user interface to avoid having
to type the full pathname manually....
Is there a way to browse and capture the full pathname.

No, you can't. Why do you want to know where a user stores their files
on their own computer anyway? Not only would that would be a security
risk if you could, but the behaviour you described about the browser
showing the full path is implementation specific.

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"Lachlan Hunt" <spam.my.gspot (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Jeff Peters wrote:
I need to capture the full pathname of a file as input to a php
script and am using <form type=file> as a user interface to avoid having
to type the full pathname manually....
Is there a way to browse and capture the full pathname.

<form type=file> doesn't exist. <form enctype="multipart/form-data"> does,
which is exactly what is required for forms with file uploads.

try doing a print_r() on $_FILES['myfieldname'] and see what you get. but I
think he's right.
you get the source path and the temp file path if I remember right.
<?php
$uploaddir="uploads/";
$filename=trim($_FILES['upfile']['name'];
$filename=substr($filename, -20);
$filename=ereg_replace(" ","",$filename);
if ((ereg(".jpg",$filename))||(ereg(".gif",$filename) )) {
$uploadfile=$uploaddir . $filename;
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['upfile']['tmp_name'],$uploadfile)) {
chmod($uploadfile,0644);
print("File upload was successful");
} else {
print("File upload failed");
}
} else {
print("Only images are allowed, upload failed");
}
?>

No, you can't. Why do you want to know where a user stores their files on
their own computer anyway? Not only would that would be a security risk
if you could, but the behaviour you described about the browser showing
the full path is implementation specific.

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http://lachy.id.au/
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