[RESOLVED] File path change from IE6 to IE8

[engourdi]

I did not know how to title this post since this is an unusual way to use PHP. I have a "desktop" application written in PHP that I wrote back in 2000. I use this app to mass edit and append many files into one large file. This is all done locally on my pc.

I use "input type=file" to select each file to work with. After selecting the files I start the processing. In IE6 the input passed on the full file path (example "c:\somefolder\somefile.txt"). I use this path to access each file and work with them. Firefox and IE8 now only pass on the file name (example "somefile.txt"). This does not help me since I need a full file path.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Yes I know PHP is not truly appropriate for what I am doing but this program has worked for many years and I don't want to rewrite it into a desktop app until it is necessary.

Thanks for the help,

[NogDog]

First thing that jumps to mind is an onchange event in the file input element that would trigger a few lines of JavaScript code on the form page to populate the value of a hidden input field with the value.

[engourdi]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping for a pure PHP solution but wasn't positive on it being possible. I will write some JavaScript for it.

Wil

[Weedpacket]

On the "Security" tab in the "Internet Properties" control panel there is a button to customise the security level for whichever zone is selected there. Clicking that gives you another dialogue box with a list of options. Roughly halfway down that list there is an option for "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server". If that's disabled for the relevant zone (whatever zone IE says it's using when you're using your app), try enabling it.

[engourdi]

Weedpacket

Your answer was the fix I needed.

Thank you for the help.