On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Anyone knows PHP/AJAX library which allows to get full path of file dropped
> into web browser's window area?
>
> It is required for document archiving system in order to avoid multiple (or to
> be more precise, almost endless) usage of "open file" dialogs from the
> browser.
>
> Library should be compatible with Firefox (Lin, Win, Mac), IE and Safary.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s).
>
> Andrei
>
As others have noted, Javascript cannot return the full path to a
client-side document for security reasons. If you need a multiple file
upload interface, you might want to take a look at some extjs ALAX
toolkit-based stuff, eg
http://aariadne.com/uploadform/
http://extplorer.sourceforge.net/
Haven't used either of them, though. I do use extjs alot:
http://extjs.com/
Normally I shy away from 'Web 2.0' kinda stuff, but I've had to develop
some complex dynamic interfaces to a PHP/MySQL backend and had to make the
leap. It's well-documented, the developers are active and helpful
participants in the forums, and it seems to work pretty well
cross-platform (haven't tried it on my Linux/Solaris boxes yet, but
WinXP/Firefox, WinXP/IE, OSX/Firefox, OSX/Safari all seem to work pretty
well. Had some quirks with OSX/Opera, but haven't had a chance to delve
into that.
I also use the HTML_AJAX package -
http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_AJAX
- as I still have some PHP4 left and can't use the native JSON functions.
If extjs doesn't float your boat, you can always look into Scriptaculous,
Dojo, YUI, many others.
steve
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. Steve Edberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
. Computer Consultant University of California, Davis .
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