Re: getting a file name

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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