$_FILES question - getting full name

[ljcasey]

how do you get the full path and file name of an uploaded file.

I have a file upload input on a form. I can get...

song.mp3
by using $_FILES['uploadedmp3']['name'];

but how can i get....
c:/music/song.mp3

(i want this incase someone forgets to full in another field on the form and have to take them back to the form page to complete the form. Its not really a desired effect to make the user select the file again so i just want to put the filename and path in the value attribute)

[bpat1434]

You mean save the path from their computer? Not possible in PHP. You might be able to get JS to do it, but that's a security risk as well, so most browsers might block it.

Sorry.... I just don't see how it can be done. PHP is server-side, and it doesn't interact with the client's machine at all. JavaScript (JS) would be an option to side-step this issue, but once again, most browsers have strict security settings that disallow lots of JS. So it's a toss up.

[bokehman]

bpat1434 wrote:

You mean save the path from their computer? Not possible in PHP. You might be able to get JS to do it, but that's a security risk as well, so most browsers might block it.

Sorry.... I just don't see how it can be done. PHP is server-side, and it doesn't interact with the client's machine at all. JavaScript (JS) would be an option to side-step this issue, but once again, most browsers have strict security settings that disallow lots of JS. So it's a toss up.

It can't be done with Javascript, certainly not. As you have already said it would be a security (and privacy) issue.