that would be one option... however, if you're going to let them navigate
through different directories, it would be a bit tougher in a dropdown...
but if all you need is to display a list of files to them, then that would
work great....
Joseph E. Sheble
a.k.a. Wizaerd
Wizaerd's Realm
Canvas, 3D, Graphics,
ColdFusion, PHP, and mySQL
http://www.wizaerd.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 5:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] input type=file
>
>
> so then maybe, if I understand it correctly
> (which may or may not be true) I could read
> the contents or a directory and populate a
> dropdown list...?
>
> Jerry Lake - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web Designer
> Europa Communications - http://www.europa.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Sheble (Wizaerd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] input type=file
>
>
> to put it simply, you can't...
>
> but you could put an input type of text with a link or a button next to it
> manually, and then on the onClick of either this button or link open a
> secondary window running a PHP script that reads a particular directory
> structure with full navigation support. Then when the user clicks a
> filename, place that into the input in the first window and close the
> secondary window.
>
> However, this would require JavaScript and a full recursive directory
> browser script in PHP. I have something similiar to this in a content
> manager script I've written, but it doesn't check other directories. It
> picks an image from an /ImageLibrary/ directory, allowing the user to
> preview an image, upload new images, delete images, rename
> images, but most
> importantly pick a filename. Then it populates a field in the content
> manager screen for saving to a database.
>
> Joseph E. Sheble
> a.k.a. Wizaerd
> Wizaerd's Realm
> Canvas, 3D, Graphics,
> ColdFusion, PHP, and mySQL
> http://www.wizaerd.com
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:57 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] input type=file
> >
> >
> > this doesn't relate directly to PHP,
> > but it will when I am done.
> >
> > How can I create a file input that
> > reads from a directory on the server
> > instead of the users machine
> >
> > Jerry Lake - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Web Designer
> > Europa Communications - http://www.europa.com
> > Pacifier Online - http://www.pacifier.com
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