Re: How can I auto upload a file to the server?

From: "Raditha Dissanayake" <jabber@raditha.com> > My Impression from Jane's mail was that she was thinking of using a PHP > script on the client side and not the server side. Am i correct jane? If > so there would not be security concerns. Obviously as john has so > rightly pointed out php on the server side cannot access local files. True, kind of, and that's how I understood it also. But, as we all know, PHP doesn't run client side, so she'd have to turn her computer into a web server or run PHP from the command line. There still isn't a way to automatically submit a file over HTTP using either method, though. FTP would work, though... ---John Holmes... > John W. Holmes wrote: > > > jane wrote: > > > >> I have a .txt file on my local Windows 2000 box that i want uploaded > >> to a > >> remote L.A.M.P. server with only one click. > >> > >> I want to have a link (shortcut) on my desktop when clicked it > >> launches a > >> web browser loaded with a remote .php script that automatically goes > >> into > >> C:\data\upload_me.txt and uploads "upload_me.txt" > >> > >> I know how to upload files using php with a "browse to file" html > >> form, but > >> i want to skip the form and have the file just upload automatically > >> when the > >> script is loaded. > >> > >> I don't know how to make the .php script automatically grab the file > >> from my > >> local box and upload it without any user intervention. > > > > > > You can't. That would be a horrible security violation. Think of a > > different method. > > > > > -- > http://www.radinks.com/upload > Drag and Drop File Uploader. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >