I'm trying to build a page with an insert and upload on the same page.

Previously i have built sites like this:
-one page for the upload &
-one page for the insert record where they have to type in the filename (and get it right)

Is there a better way to do this?

I have the PHP Upload File and Insert Record on the same page - and working.

How can i retrieve/store the filename from the PHP File Upload behaviour?

I'm trying to avoid using blobs....

Thanks.

The filename of the uploaded file can be retrieved via a specific variable.

The variable name actually varies depending on the name of your File field on the page.

For example, though, if the file field is called userfile, the variable that contains the name of the uploaded file is called $userfile_name. You can use this information by referring directly to this variable in the Insert Record HTML.

Hope this helps.

Tim Green

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Thanks Tim - you are a legend <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

The only other thing to do is append "photos/" before the filename.

Whats the correct syntax for adding text to a variable? is it something like...

&lt;?php echo photos/$photo_name ?&gt;

Thanks again,

Aaron

Thanks <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

The correct syntax for this is:-

&lt;?php echo "photos/" . $photo_name; ?&gt;

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