PHP/web programming get full local path of a file

[shocker-z]

Is there a way to see the local path of a file that a user is trying to upload?
I'm wanting to know this because im wirting a script to generate a INI file which includes absolute paths to files on a system.


So for example if i chose to upload a file off my computer "C:\program files\testfolder\testdatabase.mdb" then i can locate that using the file browser on the page and when i submit i can use that path as a variable to enter into the INI in which im creating.

I've looked in just PHP but there isn't a way but anyone any ideas of how i could transfer the path to another variable with javascript?


Regards
Liam

[TangoAlpha]

Does this page help?

[GreenV8S]

If you're willing to rely on client-side script you could read the file name from the input field and return it separately, like this.

[Bodo]

I've once uploaded my stuff to a recruitment site, and I was astonished to find the full path from my machine as the (online-)filename afterwards, i.e. /home/bodo/cv.pdf
I wonder if it just became buggered by the slashes of the Unix notation, as it possibly awaited a backslash to separate the actual file name.

[shocker-z]

TangoAlpha said:

Does this page help?

Unfortunatly PHP can't return the entire path of client machine it's just shows the filename it self

GreenV8S said:

If you're willing to rely on client-side script you could read the file name from the input field and return it separately, like this.

seems like this is the only way to go at the moment. One good this is that javascript has to be enabled for the actual application that im writing the INI generator for anyway so should work as all are running IE

Bodo said:

I've once uploaded my stuff to a recruitment site, and I was astonished to find the full path from my machine as the (online-)filename afterwards, i.e. /home/bodo/cv.pdf
I wonder if it just became buggered by the slashes of the Unix notation, as it possibly awaited a backslash to separate the actual file name.

Sound like a bug to me mate it should see the file uploaded rather than the patch to be honest as ytou can see im trying to get that bug but no one knows how lol


Thanks
Liam

[TangoAlpha]

Try this:

<?php

Header("Content-type: text/html";

echo "<html> <body> ";

if(isset($_POST['action']))
{
echo $_POST['clientfile'];
}
else
{
echo "<form name='fileform' action='test.php' method=post> ";
echo "<input type='file' name='browsefile' size=50> ";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='action' value=1> ";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='clientfile'> ";
echo "<input type='submit' name='Upload file' onclick='fileform.clientfile.value=fileform.browsefile.value'> ";
echo "</form> ";
}

echo "</body> </html> ";

?>

[TangoAlpha]

Oh well, that looked a lot better in preview

Replace & gt and & lt for angle brackets and hopefully it should make sense.

[TangoAlpha]

Another try to get it formatted correctly...

<?php

Header("Content-type: text/html ";

echo "<html> <body> ";

if(isset($_POST['action']))
{
echo $_POST['clientfile'];
}
else
{
echo "<form name='fileform' action='test.php' method=post> ";
echo "<input type='file' name='browsefile' size=50> ";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='action' value=1> ";
echo "<input type='hidden' name='clientfile'> ";
echo "<input type='submit' name='Upload file' onclick='fileform.clientfile.value=fileform.browsefile.value'> ";
echo "</form> ";
}

echo "</body> </html> ";

?>

[TangoAlpha]

That's a bit better. Anywhere there is a gap between quotes it should be "slash" n, and I don't think php has a command