tricky file upload situation

[IDTstudios1]

I've been trying to figure this out for three days now and have had no luck so far. This is what i need the script to be able to do:

I need to be able to call a script like this:

upload.php?file=c:\test.xml

and have that script upload the file. You would think this would be easy but I just can't figure out how to do it.

I need upload.php to do all the work. I know how to load the info into a form and pass it off to another script but I want to eliminate the need for a form.

Any help would be great,
Thanks,
Andrew

 

[sleipnir214]

You mean, point a browser on a workstation to that address and have the browser upload that file from the workstation to the server without further human intervention?



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[IDTstudios1]

yes, if it's possible. it's for an internal network so security really isn't a concern.

 

[kenrbnsn]

The only way I can think of doing that is if you have an FTP server running on each PC. Then you could use FTP with PHP to grab the file.

Ken

 

[sleipnir214]

This is not possible using solely PHP, as PHP runs on the server. It would have no way to touch a workstation's filesystem.

You might be able to use a combination of PHP and a client-side scripting language. The PHP would use the input on the command-line and output a form and sufficient client-side code to make it all happen automatically.

I hope it's not possible at all, though, from a general security standpoint.


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[IDTstudios1]

Thanks for the help. I think I know how to pull this off using a bit of Java on the client side.

 

[kenrbnsn]

Actually, I believe it is possible, since the FTP functions built into PHP can make it act as an FTP Client and connecting to the FTP Server on each PC.

See

http://www.php.net/ftp

Ken

 

[IDTstudios1]

hmm, FTP might just work. I can always code a very simple FTP server in VB and have it run in the background.

Thanks,
Andrew