File Upload Input: keeping the value over two functions or pages

[bladx]

I did a search about this but haven't found what I'm looking for--maybe the way that PHP's upload file functions work, it can't do what I am trying to do.

Ok, so, I have a form. I have various input fields and have two submit options at the end of the form: preview and submit. I save all the temporary input values in my form when a user clicks on the preview button. I have an upload file (used for images) field now. When a user chooses an image to upload, and then clicks "preview", I want the upload file field to keep the same value, and then if the user submits the file then it will upload the file they selected.

But now that I think about it, it might just be just better to have the user select the right file again if they are previewing.

any thoughts?

[bastien]

why not upload everything? and then show the user the 'temp' data...

As a user, no I don't want to fill in the same page again with the same images, thats a total pain the a**!

[tommynanda]

You could store File Path instead and push that back... here is example how you can store filepath

<form action="watever.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" onSubmit="return getpathof();">
<input type="file" name="fileup">
<input type="hidden" name="getpath">
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<script Language="Javascript">
  function getpathof()
{
  var temp;
  temp = document.getElementById("fileup").value;
  document.getElementById("getpath").value=temp;
 return true;
}
</script>

<? 
$clientpath = $_POST['getpath']; 
$clientpath = stripslashes($clientpath);
echo "$clientpath";
?>

variable $clientpath has filepath where the image is located on client's computer... now you can push this value back to form as value for fileup

Good Luck
TommYNandA