<input type="file" value="path/file.jpeg"> in Firefox

[ChollaPete]

This code:

<form action="process Scan.php" method="get">
<p>
<?php
print "Scan name: <input type=\"file\" name=\"tScanFil eName\" value=
\"{$scanFileNam e}\"><br>";
addHiddenCarryo ns();
?>
<input type="submit">
</form>

does not render with the value attribute's value as the default text.
I.e., then the form renders, I want the string value of $scanFileName
already in the input field as the default text. I'm using Firefox
2.0.0.12, PHP 5.2.4 and Apache 1.3.33.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark

[Michael Fesser]

Re: &lt;input type=&quot;file &quot; value=&quot;pat h/file.jpeg&quot; &gt; in Firefox

..oO(ChollaPete )

>This code:
>
><form action="process Scan.php" method="get">
><p>
><?php
print "Scan name: <input type=\"file\" name=\"tScanFil eName\" value=
>\"{$scanFileNa me}\"><br>";
addHiddenCarryo ns();
>?>
<input type="submit">
></form>
>
>does not render with the value attribute's value as the default text.
>I.e., then the form renders, I want the string value of $scanFileName
>already in the input field as the default text. I'm using Firefox
>2.0.0.12, PHP 5.2.4 and Apache 1.3.33.
>
>Any ideas?

The 'file' input control does not allow default values for security
reasons. This would make it too easy to steal files from the user's
machine.

And BTW: HTML also allows single quotes around attributes. This avoids
the ugly escaping like above.

Micha