On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:56 AM, lakers fan<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>        I have a form input of type 'file' to choose a file
>
>  <?php echo $form->input('sourcedir', array('div' => false, 'label' =>
> false, 'class' => 'text', 'type' => 'file')); ?>
>
> Is it possible to select a directory instead of file?. If not how can I get
> the full filepath..
>
> i checked the $this->data['User']['sourcedir'].. there is no filepath in
> that array only name is there..
>
> how do i get the full filepath?..

You cannot. Browsers will only allow one to upload a file, and it will
not send the path to the server.

You can, however, use javascript to read the value of your file input
element (it's read-only). But, again, you can only send a file.

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