Get file path through javascript

Question

I am having a file upload control in my page. I want to get the full path of the uploaded file by javascript. i have written

document.getElmentById('fileControl").value;

It is showing the full path in IE but in mozilla 3.5 it is showing only the filename not the path.

So how to solve this problem ?

Answer 1

Firefox doesn't let you see the path to the file by default - apparently there is a workaround for it but it requires the user to go to about:config and change a setting, which let's face it, ain't going to happen most of the time.

If you absolutely need this (I can't see why though) then you could look at using Flash as a cross-browser alternative, google for Flash and file uploads.

Otherwise, you'll need to work with the limitation here (which in my mind is a very good one!)

Answer 2

This will be a security issue. Reading the file path of the client machine is not a good idea and won't be allowed by most of the browsers.