Uploading Directory Instead of File?

[glowball]

Hi all, is it possible for a user to select a directory on their client machine and then upload all files in that directory to a Web server? I think it probably isn't possible but I thought I'd run it past the group.

Anyone have any thoughts about faking this behavior if it isn't possible?

I'm unsure about how to even let the user select the folder for uploading, then I don't know how I'd go about getting the list of files in that directory if I could pull the first part off (no PHP server on the client machine).

What's the easiest way to get a folder's worth of files to a PHP server using PHP?

Thanks!

[Skaara]

I don't think it's possible. It may be possible to select multiple files, though.

I suggest uploading a zip/gzip/tar of the files and uncompressing it afterwards.

[AstroTeg]

By using FTP, yes. By using an HTML form, no. If using HTML, then zipping/compressing the files before hand is the way to go (as mentioned in the previous post). It is possible to setup multiple file upload fields, but this tends to be a pain for both the coder and the web user.