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Re: form - file - sumple question [message #176448 is a reply to message #176447]

Sat, 07 January 2012 14:53

Jerry Stuckle
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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?

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[Message index]

		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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