[SOLVED] read/load local file in php?

[menriquez]

yes can someone point me in the correct direction for a typical way to read/load a local files contents into a server-based php script?

 

thanks,

- mark

[DylanBlitz]

Here is the php.net example

 

<?php
// get contents of a file into a string
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);
?>

 

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php

[menriquez]

ok that's pretty simple, but i guess i am also looking to fire off a local "file picker" to pick the file from the hard drive...

 

thxs!

- mark

[DylanBlitz]

what do you mean by a file picker? You mean a way for the user to select a file and then open it?

[menriquez]

yes thats i guess what they call a "file picker" control in some IDE i used once...for example in phpmyadmin when you import a sql file, for example, it pops up a file picker so you can select the *.sql from your local harddrive to to import into the remote db.

 

thats what ideally i would want.

 

thxs,

- mark

[DylanBlitz]

oh, so your talking about files on your local computer? Not located on the server?

Uploading the file is fairly easy. What do you want to do with it once it's on the server? Are you looking to upload only text files then manipulate them once they're there?

[menriquez]

db, that's exactly what i want...my client needs to import a messy csv file in a few db tables, and i am just trying to make it as easy as possible for him.

 

any ideas?

 

thxs,

- mark

[menriquez]

bump

[menriquez]

never mind...found the perfect solution here.

 

http://phpbuilder.com/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=394

 

thxs everyone for their help

- mark