pagegen Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi guys What I want to knw is, is there a way to open a file on the clients pc.. what do i need to do this for? Bacisly we work with CSV files.. the clent has to upload the CSV file and then we open it and import it in the db it would be quicker if we could open the csv from clients PC and import the data as some files can be 20mb to 50mb, this takes ages uploading.. All help will be helpfull Kind regards, Pagegen Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/192948-open-a-file-on-the-clients-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolphie Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This isn't really possible unless you have shell access, or telnet access... and even then I think it would be difficult. Those are the only 2 ways without actually downloading the file to the local machine, whether it's an automated process or not. FTP would require a connection, retrieving the file, opening it, making the changes and then uploading it again. I hope someone can correct me on that, because I'd be interested to know also. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/192948-open-a-file-on-the-clients-pc/#findComment-1016144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl5501 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 For retieving a file, the pc would itself need to be on a permanent IP address, and running FTP server software. If you had that, you could connect and retrieve the file. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/192948-open-a-file-on-the-clients-pc/#findComment-1016165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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