Uploading Files

[Anon]

I have a PHP page which enables a user to upload files.

The problem I have when I retrieve a record from a MySQL database using PHP I want to display the current filename which is saved with a record and display it within the text box that is part of the File Upload form object.

I have tried the following

<INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="filename" VALUE="<?php echo $filename; ?>">

The field returns nothing.

Can anyone tell me whether or not the VALUE property for a file/browser text box will display a value. I cannot get it working.

Many Thanks

[Anon]

I not sure what you mean are you pulling the name of the file form a DB if so fetch the query for the name

assuming the query name is result
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result)

Then echo row

<? echo $row[filename] ?>
Hope that helps

BB wrote:

I have a PHP page which enables a user to upload files.

The problem I have when I retrieve a record from a MySQL database using PHP I want to display the current filename which is saved with a record and display it within the text box that is part of the File Upload form object.

I have tried the following

<INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="filename" VALUE="<?php echo $filename; ?>">

The field returns nothing.

Can anyone tell me whether or not the VALUE property for a file/browser text box will display a value. I cannot get it working.

Many Thanks

[Anon]

Hi Richie TM!

The following line

<INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="filename" VALUE="<?php echo $filename; ?>">

assumes that $filename is being retrieved from a database query. The value is not displayed within the text box. I wonder if this is limitation of the file upload text box?

[Anon]

This field usually shows the path to the file on the clients machine not the name of the file.
How can you know if the user still has the file in the same place on his machine?

Maybe this is why it cannot be set you.

Andre/