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Re: form - file - sumple question [message #176452 is a reply to message #176448]

Sat, 07 January 2012 15:24

Luuk
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On 07-01-2012 15:53, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 1/7/2012 9:40 AM, Luuk wrote:
>> On 07-01-2012 15:09, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 1/7/2012 9:06 AM, Leo Decap wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a form which users can fill in.
>>>> If the user hasn't filled in a required field, the form reloads after
>>>> the Submit with all the data the user has entered filled in (and the
>>>> opportunity to fill in the missing data).
>>>> I get the data through $_POST and echo the allready filled in data on
>>>> the form. Easy.
>>>>
>>>> I have 1 field - type File - where the user can choose a photo to
>>>> upload.
>>>> On reload of the form, I would love to see the entered data (path?)
>>>> reappear, but I can't figure out how to do this..........
>>>>
>>>> Any help here would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Leo
>>>
>>> You can't do it. For security reasons, HTTP will now allow FILE fields
>>> to be filled in.
>>>
>>
>> I suggest you (Leo) to take a look at JavaScript, to do simple checks if
>> a field is filled in or not.
>>
>> For the complicated checks, you might still want to use some PHP stuff
>> afterwards....
>>
>
> I don't think javascript will allow it either, Luuk. It would be a huge
> security concern.
>
> Can you imagine what hackers could do if they could put an invisible
> FILE field on a page and get any file on your system without your
> knowledge?
>

Yeah, i can imaginge, but, in the original question, it started with:
"If the user hasn't filled in a required field"
and THAT is something you can check using javascript without ANY
security issues.

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Luuk

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		form - file - sumple question By: Leo Decap on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:06
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:09
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:40
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Luuk on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:40
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:53
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Luuk on Sat, 07 January 2012 15:24
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 07 January 2012 14:39
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: M. Strobel on Sat, 07 January 2012 15:10
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Leo Decap on Sat, 07 January 2012 15:24
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Jonathan Stein on Sun, 08 January 2012 15:41
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Mon, 09 January 2012 08:38
		Re: form - file - sumple question By: Peter H. Coffin on Tue, 10 January 2012 19:02

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