Reading file contents into the textarea using javascript....

[aryanraj]

Hi Everybody,

I want to design an html file viewer, for that i have got the code to browse the file, but i am not able to read the contents of the selected file, can anybody help to open the file and read it contents and display the content into the textarea.



Thanks in advance,
Aryan.

[wyatt]

If you want to read text from a file supplied by the user, you will need to use a server-side language, as it is beyond the capability of Javascript.

If you're interested, I can provide you with PHP code which will accomplish this.

[rnd me]

If you want to read text from a file supplied by the user, you will need to use a server-side language, as it is beyond the capability of Javascript.

If you're interested, I can provide you with PHP code which will accomplish this.

you can point an iframe's src to the local text file's url to display it.

you cannot load local files in js until firefox3 comes out.

using IE, with proper security settings, this can be done using FSO.

[ronverdonk]

Hi Everybody,
I want to design an html file viewer, for that i have got the code to browse the file, but i am not able to read the contents of the selected file, can anybody help to open the file and read it contents and display the content into the textarea.

Thanks in advance,
Aryan.

I would like to add something to the previous post.
When you sure sure that your application runs (client side) on Internet Explorer, you can use (as said) the FileSystemObjec t (FSO) to read and manipulate files. Better see Working with FileSystemObjec t - Files

Ronald

[aryanraj]

Ok i can understand it, can you please give me the code in PHP to read the file contents...