Passing a file to a funcion without user input

[Andy-T]

Hi,

Maybe someone would be good enough to give me a helping hand.

I just need a button that passes a static file name to a fuction, there's probably more to it than I know. I can do it through uploading the file but I don't want users to be able to choose the file, just hit the button to make it happen :-).

Here's the form that lets me upload and call the fuction.

<form enctype= "multipart/form-data" name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<input name="textfile" type="file" value="YourFile.txt" class="arial12" style="width: 305px; border : 1px solid black;" >
<input type="submit" name="importtextfilesubmit" value="Import" width="80">
</form>

I tried adding value="YourFile.txt" but this did'nt help :-(.

Here's the fuction I need to pass to.

function importcommaseparateddata($textfile, $textfile_name, &$status, &$newusers, $existingusers) {
global $languagearray;

if($textfile=="none" OR $textfile=="") { //No file selected
$status .= $languagearray[15];
} else { / File was selected correctly /
if(move_uploaded_file ($textfile, "./".$textfile_name)==true) { / Upload okay /
createhtaccess($status); / .htaccess anlegen /
$textfilehandle = fopen ($textfile_name, "r"); / open transferred textfile /
while ($data = fgetcsv ($textfilehandle, 1000, ",")) { / read and parse commaseparated data /
$newuser = $data[0];
$newpass = $data[1];
if (checkimports($newuser, $newpass, $status, $existingusers) == true) { / Importierte Daten prüfen /
adduser($newuser, $newpass, $status, $newusers); / Userinfo in $newusers ablegen /
} //endif
} //endwhile
createhtpasswd($newusers, $status, $existingusers); / user in .htpasswd eintragen /
fclose ($textfilehandle);
if(unlink($textfile_name)==false ) {
$status .= $languagearray[19].$textfile_name.$languagearray[20];
} //endif
} else {
$status .= $languagearray[18];
} //endif
} //endif
} //EndOfFunction

BTW The file is located on my web server already.

I'm new to any real kind of web programing so any help will be appreacated.

Andy-T

[Weedpacket]

Andy-Y wrote:

I don't want users to be able to choose the file

Ain't gonna happen. Netscpe tried it back in the mid 1990s and it turned out to be a massive security hole. Any client that can upload files will explicitly ask the user for permission and get them to choose the file.

But eh?

Andy-T wrote:

BTW The file is located on my web server already.

So if you already have it why do you need to upload it?

[Andy-T]

Hi,

I don't really need to upload it, all I need to do is pass the file to the function.

I have a set of functions that take a list of user names and password from a text file encrypt them and place them in .htaccess. All I need is a button on a web page to kick it off. I just don't know how to do it :-(

Cheers

Andy

[Andy-T]

Hi,

I've worked it out, I played around with the function and got it working :-)

Andy

[Blulagoon]

Don't know how you've done it, but a simple HREF link should work fine.

<a href="myfile.php?filename=myfile.txt">Click here now</a>

and on myfile.php you just need to put

$textfile_name=$_GET['filename']

A smart user would of course see the file name in the URL, would that be a problem ?

Blu

[Andy-T]

Hi,

As the file name will never change, I changed the forum to be:

<form enctype= "multipart/form-data" name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<div align="center">
<input type="submit" name="importtextfilesubmit" value="Confirm" width="80">
</div>
<div align="center" class="style3"><span class="style2">Only Press Once</span> <span class="style2"> if you do not Confirm you password will not work </span></div>
</form>

and the function to:

function importcommaseparateddata( $textfile, $textfile_name, &$status, &$newusers, $existingusers) {
global $languagearray;
$status .= $languagearray[15];
createhtaccess($status);
$textfile_name="YourFile.txt";
$textfilehandle = fopen ($textfile_name, "r"); / open transferred textfile /
while ($data = fgetcsv ($textfilehandle, 1000, ",")) { / read and parse commaseparated data /
$newuser = $data[0];
$newpass = $data[1];
if (checkimports($newuser, $newpass, $status, $existingusers) == true) { / Importierte Daten prüfen /
adduser($newuser, $newpass, $status, $newusers); / Userinfo in $newusers ablegen /
} //endif
} //endwhile
createhtpasswd($newusers, $status, $existingusers); / user in .htpasswd eintragen /
fclose ($textfilehandle);
if(unlink($textfile_name)==false ) {
$status .= $languagearray[19].$textfile_name.$languagearray[20];
} //endif
$status .= $languagearray[18];
}

and it's working :-), not the best coding, but hay I'm new to this and it works, so what more could I ask.

Cheers

Andy