UPLOAD USER FILE

Anon

Hello,

Using Java Script

onClick, The current code below creates a alert message.

I would like onClick to uploaded a file from the users desktop to my ftp
I.E. site, digitizedi/folder1/folder2/the uploded file.gif

How can I acheive this?

This must work for Netscape and IE.

Any help you provide will be greatly apprecaited.

iaustin

----------------------------My Code Starts
Here--------------------------

<HEAD>
<TITLE>digitizediR</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM>
<H1>Upload Your Files</H1>
<INPUT TYPE="file" SIZE=40 NAME="fileToGo"><P>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="View Value"
onCLick="alert(this.form.fileToGo.value)">
</FORM>
</BODY>

Anon

YOu can't do that without submitting the form, and I assume since you are asking this on a PHP board, you will be using PHP to upload the file. Check the manual for copy() function

Anon

<xmp>
<?
if($file_to_up != "none"){
copy($file_to_up,"/dir/to/save/$file_to_up");
unlink($file_to_up);
}
else {
echo "You did not upload any file";
}
?>
</xmp><br>
Here is an example of what your php script will look like. It is quite simple really. You just need to make sure that the directory that they will be uploading to has permissions for user: nobody to write to, as this is who your web-browser will upload the file as. Hope this helps!
<br><br>
-djloc

Anon

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cya Rob

Anon

The problem with this is as always;

say you set a limit of 4 MB (large file, long uploadtime). Now the USER sends a file that is 4.01 MB... The problem is, it will send the file, check the size and THEN decide it was to large...

As a user I would be pissed if I uploaded for 5 minutes, and then was told that the file was to large...