Selecting a file from server for form

[blanius]

I want to allow a user to browse a directory and select a file that then is put into a textfield, Any ideas on an approach to this in PHP?

Bret Lanius

http://bretlanius.com

 

[jpadie]

use opendir to open the directory. check out the manual for good methods of traversing it.

output each filename as a urlencoded argument to a link. ie

<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'&filename='.urlencode($dir.$file); ?>"><?php echo $file; ?>><br/>

then in your receiving script get the file contents using file_get_contents() and echo into a textfield.

 

[blanius]

I guess I wasn't that clear. I can figure out how to display a list of dir but what I want to do is to get allow the user to select a filename and the filename is put into the textfield.

I suppose this might end up being more of a javascript question.

Bret Lanius

http://bretlanius.com

 

[vacunita]

You can do it using only PHP although I think what you want is to have the name immediately displayed in the text box upon being selected in the list box in which case it would be a Javascript thing.

<form action="filebutton.php" method=POST>
<select name="filething" size=5>
<?PHP
$dir="path\to\dir";

if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
               echo "<option value='$file'>" . $file . "</option>";
        }
        closedir($dh);
    }
}
/*foreach (glob("*.php") as $filename) {
    echo "<option value='$filename'>" . $filename . "</option>";
}*/


?>
</select>
<input type="textbox" name="filename" value="<?PHP if(isset($_POST['filething'])){echo $_POST['filething'];} else{echo "...";} ?>">
<input type=submit value="Put file into textbox">
</form>

for the Js solution something like this should work:

<select name="myselect" size=5 Onchange="document.forms[0].[red]textboxname[/red].value=this.value;">

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