RE: [PHP] choose upload folder

Marek is correct the behavior of the "browse" file selector is essentially a client side thing, and not directly controllable from PHP. One difficulty is how to know when a directory is clicked because it is selected, or clicked because the operator wanted the directory expanded, because he wanted to select a "directory" inside that one. If you can get past these difficulties, you can always use the php function; http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php to make sure that you are working with the dirname portion of a path. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-dir.php to make sure that the file is a directory. I am basically puzzled by what you are trying to do since you should not be able to touch anything in the client's folders from your PHP server application. Perhaps what you meant to provide was a way for the user to choose a directory on your server? In which case, the <input type=file> will not work at all. Where did you expect the user to select a directory/folder from? Your server or the user's "browser" machine? Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Marek Kilimajer [mailto:lists@kilimajer.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:46 PM To: Joerg P Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] choose upload folder Joerg P wrote: > I have to be more specific: > I dont want the file, I want the folder. This happens on the client side, it has nothing to do with php. You could possibly do it with signed java applets or activex scripts. > > Joerg > > > Greg Donald wrote: > >> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:05:17 +0200, Joerg P <superbla3000@gmx.net> >> wrote: >> >>> I am building a script only for local use and would like the user to >>> choose a specific folder on his computer, to catalogize all files in >>> this folder. >>> >>> How do I let the user choose this folder? >> >> >> >> <input type="file"> >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php