How to browse for a file then get its file path

[elcabron10]

Hi all,

 

How can i get the file path of a file? For example i want to browse for a text file. I'm trying to make a payroll system through php, the attendance(time in,time out) is in a .txt file.

 

here is the html form code.

p>Payroll Management</p>
	<form action="TestParse.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
	<label for="name">Name of the Employee:</label>
	<input type="text" name="name" id="name" /><br />
	<label for="file">Filename:</label>
	<input type="file" name="file" id="file"/>
	<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Here is the php code, its working but its not what i want. 

<?php
        $lines = file('AGL_001.txt');
	$name = $_POST['name'];
	$found = false;

	foreach ($lines as $line){
	if (trim($line) == $name)
	$found = true;
	}

	if ($found)
	echo 'YES';
	else
	echo 'NO';
			
?>

[requinix]

You don't get that information, but you do get a copy of the file itself (after it's been uploaded to a temporary directory on your server). You would then want to read its contents to grab whatever information you need.

 

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