On 02/19/2012 23:04, John DePasquale wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am unable to get a full file name ( including path ) from a form. I’m
> using <input id="filename" type="file" name="filename"> in the form.
>
> In the perl code I’ve tried using both of the following:
>
> 1:
>
> my $cFile = substr( CGI::param( 'filename' ), 0, 100 );
>
> 2:
>
> my $cgi = new CGI();
>
> my $cFile = $cgi->param('filename');
>
> the html presents me with a “browse” button, and when I select a file via
> the browse I end up with the string c:\images\file.jpg in the input box.
>
> However, I only get file.jpg assigned to the variable $cFile. I am unable to
> acquire the entire value ( i.e. c:\images\file.jpg ), even though that
> entire string is appearing in the input box after the file is selected via
> the browse button. I’m guessing I’m missing something simple and I’ve tried
> to track down an answer, but I’m stuck. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Are you doing a file upload ? If so, you don't need the path.
If not, you're cheating by using the 'file' input type which was
added to handle file uploads. ;)
You can get around it by using a 'text' input type to pass the
full path, but you would need to type it all in. But my guess
is you want that browse feature.
A sneaky way around it might help - make another form on the
page that just does the browse part and cut-n-paste the path
from that box to the text box (remember I didn't make such a
stupid suggestion and I'm not even sure if the full path appears
in the box). :)
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