Forms - Sending a file via email 3

[Delameko]

Greetings,

is there a way to send a file via a form to an email address without using server side scripting?

I'm trying to create a form for my users to upload a file to me, but my sites architecture (which I'm not involved in) won't let me use ASP in any fashion.

Thanks in advance,

 

[JillC]

There is a commercial Perl script available from

http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com

called Attachment Mailer. This will allow your visitors to send you files along with other details from a form and it will be received as an attachment in your email. Very easy to set up and good support. Otherwise you might find some other scripts which are written in PHP or Perl if you search through HotScripts or one of those sites. There are heaps of scripts (some free) which will keep the files in a database on the server, or which send the files back to your user. It just depends on the functions you really need.

 

[BabyJeffy]

The answer to this is no, Delameko. You can't manage file uploads as part of a form submission without some kind of server-side processing. The solution posted by JillC requires Perl to be set up server-side to work.

Cheers,
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[Wullie]

One workaround if you have no way to use a server-side solution would be to find a third party form processor or find a free host who you can setup the script on and simply link to that from your form.

The only problem with using a free host is you can't always rely on them and if their server is down, the user would get an error when they tried to submit the form.

Hope this helps

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[Delameko]

Thanks for the responses.

I'll try the workaround, if I can't get that working, I'll have to leave to someone else.

It's just so annoying when the site is so tightly designed that you're strangled creatively... oh well.