Writing the full path of the file when it is browsed using php

Question

So far I wrote a script so that I can browse for a file and see the printed name of the file. Here is the script:

Answer 1

I did hit the same issue but not in the same circumstances. Only IE10 gave me the full path while firefox (and probably all others) doesn't. In my case, i use a server with php, so i ask the user to select the file and i upload it on the server to use it how i need. I hope it helped.

Answer 2

Getting full path of client-side file to serverside is something exposing file system access of client-side. This is not allowed because there are several security reasons.

Answer 3

Using JavaScript and a hidden field you can do this:

$('#someHiddenField').val( $('#myFileField').val() );

but keep in mind that not all browsers return the full path (specifically FF only returns the file name).

Answer 4

You need to change the settings of your browser and then you can access the relative path of your file.

Chrome you will get real path using this.files[0].webkitRelativePath

FirFox you will get using this.files[0].mozFullPath

Answer 5

This seems you wanting full path of your file. Kindly try to use :__FILE__

Answer 6

There is no way to do it, as the display is controlled by browsers. Some browsers will display the whole path while others will only display the name of the file.