How to browse to a file on the server and insert the value into an input field?

[kujoy]

Hiya.

 

I'm in the process of building a cms where users will need to link to files on the server.  I have a system working but its not as good I wanted which lists the contents of a directory to a drop down list.  The app works over a few pages so I can get the value I want and store it in the database.

 

What im looking for is a widget with a button next to text field in a form that brings up a file browser window.  Then I want to be able to browse the directory tree to the file I want and pass the the full path value back to the form text field so I can save it in the database.

 

I have looked a lot of the file managers out there, but can't find anything that fits, and I havent seen it done elsewhere this way.

 

Any ideas on how this can be done or know of somewhere it has been done so i can look at the code.

 

TIA

Mark.

[alpine]

You cannot open the standard browse window on a server location, you have to make your own file browse window.

Look into http://no.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php - there is som user examples you can start with. Then you will have to use javascript in one way or another (easiest) to move filenames between browse window and form.

[kujoy]

Im currently using the method you describe to create and populate a drop own list.  But I have to run it over a few pages because the some files are in the root and some are in folders.  So at the moment i have select which folder I want to look in on the first page then select the file on the next page to build up the path.  It works, but I was hoping to combine the pages using some sort of pop up window that shows a full directory tree so i can drill down to the file i want in one go.  Sorry I wasn't clear about the file browser, I didnt mean the one for the operating system.  I mean't using within php JS etc.

 

Any further help would be great.