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Hi, all

I have two questions about uploading files using php & html:
1. How can i add a `file type' in the pop window when i click
`browse' button of the `<input type=file>'.
2. How can i get the local path of the uploading file. btw, i know
there's a $_FILE['userfile']['name'], but it only give me the name not
the path.

thx very much~~.

^_^ detrox

Dec 25 '06 #1
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You can use mime_content_ty pe to determine the type of the file by its
name.

de****@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi, all

I have two questions about uploading files using php & html:
1. How can i add a `file type' in the pop window when i click
`browse' button of the `<input type=file>'.
2. How can i get the local path of the uploading file. btw, i know
there's a $_FILE['userfile']['name'], but it only give me the name not
the path.

thx very much~~.

^_^ detrox
Dec 25 '06 #2
On question #2:

do a "print_r($_FILE );" in your script. This may give you the answer
your looking for ;)

-hackajar
de****@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi, all

I have two questions about uploading files using php & html:
1. How can i add a `file type' in the pop window when i click
`browse' button of the `<input type=file>'.
2. How can i get the local path of the uploading file. btw, i know
there's a $_FILE['userfile']['name'], but it only give me the name not
the path.

thx very much~~.

^_^ detrox
Dec 25 '06 #3
de****@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi, all

I have two questions about uploading files using php & html:
1. How can i add a `file type' in the pop window when i click
`browse' button of the `<input type=file>'.
2. How can i get the local path of the uploading file. btw, i know
there's a $_FILE['userfile']['name'], but it only give me the name not
the path.

thx very much~~.

^_^ detrox
Peter already answered your first question. As for the second one - you
can't. Such would be a huge security gap by exposing the user's file
structure.

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