Re: How to read remote files

yea, it's on my network only the only thing is server is on linux n behind the firewall, while clients r on windows n linux too please let me know, if that's possible, as i'll of course know the path as uer will have to specify it to read the file n thanks to all of u for ur support Nitin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> To: "Burhan Khalid" <phplist@meidomus.com>; "Nitin" <nitinmehta@kappa.net.in>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] How to read remote files > [snip] > Nitin wrote: > > > it's not about user's security, cauz, of course, user'll have to > specify the > > page. > > > > Nitin, what you want is a form uploader script. If you have fantasies > about being able to read a file on a user's computer just because they > tell you the location ... time to wake up. > [/snip] > > Agreed, with one minor point..... > > If the users are on a network this would be possible, you would just > need to know the path to the file in question. There are several > hot-button issues with this, but we have found seveal ways to work and > play nicely together. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >