IRE: [PHP] Web based FTP client

That's been one of the major problems i've encoutered as well because PHP is a server based language (what you've got,) not a client based language (what you need.) If i had to write a web based ftp client. I would do some exploring with Java, or flash, activeX, or ????? all languages which can open up direct socket connections and maybe you can even find some libraries with pre-built in ftp functions. Do some searching on the web and see what shows up. David -----Original Message----- From: Mark McCulligh [mailto:mmcculli@sykescanada.com] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:17 AM To: David Buerer Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Web based FTP client Do you mean use a Java Applet or JavaScript. I know how to browse the user's file system using JavaScript or VBScript if I use the ActiveX object "FileSystemObject" but then the site will only work on IE. I don't like build sites that only work for one browser. But even if I create a page that lets the user browse their own computer and the FTP Server using a combo of JavaScript, PHP and HTML frames. I still don't know how to ftp right from the client side browser without using the <INPUT> tag "file" and upload, not ftp. Mark. _________________________________________ Mark McCulligh, Application Developer / Analyst Sykes Canada Corporation www.SykesCanada.com (888)225-6824 ex. 3262 mmcculli@SykesCanada.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Buerer" <david@pladesigns.com> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Web based FTP client > Reading the users hard drive is impossible from php, but it's really easy > with Java..... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Haworth [mailto:jhaworth@witanjardine.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:49 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Web based FTP client > > > Hi Mark, > > > I am trying to build or find a web FTP client. > > I want it to look like a windows based FTP client a list box on one > > site for the user's file system and a list box on the other for the > > ftp server. > > A couple of <iframe>s side by side should let you do that. > > The biggest problem I can see you hitting is reading the contents of the > user's hard drive... usually this is impossible, for good reasons. > > > Cheers > Jon > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >