Browser upload

[filburt1]

If you maintain a remotely-hosted site like on Geocities, Liquid2K, etc. you know that there is usually a text box with a Browse button next to it for uploading files. How could I do that for my site? I've got Apache.

[scoutt]

very easy and it will work on any server

<input type="file" value="your_value">

that will show a browse button and a text box so you can upload. beware though there are some problems on sending that file and other variables at the same time. I heard this but never experienced it.

[sail3005]

don't you need some upload component to actually upload it?

[filburt1]

That's what I was thinking; I know that the actual HTML is easy but I don't know how to specify the directory and other stuff.

[scoutt]

it should upload it to that directory where the html page is in. other than that you will need serverside code to put it in another directory.

[JoshT]

You need to set the enctype correctly on the form for the browser to properly upload it:

<form action="addnew.plx" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

The script you post the form to can read the file data in from standard input. I think the Perl module CGI-Lite's source code might be a good example of how that is done, but why reinvent the wheel when most common server-side scripting technologies have a module or component you can use.

Here's a Perl example:
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/cgi/appd_01.html

[scoutt]

thanks josh, I always seeme to forget the enctype. heh e must be getting old.