get original file path of uploaded file

[Ciary]

hey all,

i've a question about file upload. i want to save the original filepath as it was on the users PC (eg 'C:\Documents and settings\guest\ documents\test. txt') i cant seem to find the right way. i already tried 2 ways:

1) using $_FILES['name'] but this only returns the name (test.txt)
2)using javascript and filefield.value . this gave the same problem as the previous method

does anyone know if, and, if yes, how this can be done?

EDIT:
method nr2, is usable in IE, chrome and Opera. as far as i know, only firefox wont return the full path.

anyone got any ideas how i could get it working there?

[code green]

1) using $_FILES['name'] but this only returns the name (test.txt)

Isn't 'name' in this instance the HTML name defined on the web-form

<br><input type="file" name="upload">

For the full path you need $_FILES['upload']['name']
Although I am pretty sure that if the browser wants to hide this information from the server it will

[Ciary]

like i said. it's possible to read the file-field in javascript.

alert(document.getElementById('myfilefield').value);

and as i said, this will return C:\my\path\test .txt in IE, Chrome and Opera. but FF will still return test.txt.

you're right about the $_FILES['upload']['name']. i forgot to type it :).

about FF, it's probably for security reason, the path isn't shown. i'll have to put a warning on my page, it doesn't work with mozilla.