[bammo10]

Hello, I have searched the whole internet without any result.

But is there ANY[b] way to read/write/create a file on a pc drive and not the server's drive??

Thank you in advance Chris

[Wimpy]

No there's not unless using some sort of plug-in in the browser which has to be granted by the user.

EDIT:
And then I still, actually, don't know if it's possible. Why do you want to do this? :S

bammo10, on 26 Jul, 2009 - 01:54 PM, said:

Hello, I have searched the whole internet without any result.

But is there ANY[b] way to read/write/create a file on a pc drive and not the server's drive??

Thank you in advance Chris

This post has been edited by Wimpy: 26 July 2009 - 05:04 AM

[CTphpnwb]

You can let the user download a file to their hard drive. Anything thad didn't require active user approval/action would be a serious security flaw.

[bammo10]

CTphpnwb, on 26 Jul, 2009 - 05:03 AM, said:

You can let the user download a file to their hard drive. Anything thad didn't require active user approval/action would be a serious security flaw.

Thx that's a good idea, downloading a file.
Because the idea is as following
I have made an application and to be sure the user registered I want to check if a file exists.

But could it be possible to do it on the background?? Like nobody will know its downloading?

Thank you in advance.

Chris from the netherlands

This post has been edited by bammo10: 26 July 2009 - 09:12 AM

[Martyr2]

This is where cookies would be the solution you need. Now not everyone accepts cookies, but cookies is a file that you can put on a user's pc to store site specific information. You can put a cookie on their machine and when they return check for that cookie file. If it is not detected, force them to relogin/register.

You can read all about them at the PHP cookies manual page.

But as far as writing and reading files to the user's pc in the background, as already mentioned, it would be a security issue and thus PHP doesn't allow it. The only way you can get a file on their pc is through cookies and if they accept them (which most do by default).

I hope this helps the situation!

[bammo10]

Martyr2, on 26 Jul, 2009 - 08:20 AM, said:

This is where cookies would be the solution you need. Now not everyone accepts cookies, but cookies is a file that you can put on a user's pc to store site specific information. You can put a cookie on their machine and when they return check for that cookie file. If it is not detected, force them to relogin/register.

You can read all about them at the PHP cookies manual page.

But as far as writing and reading files to the user's pc in the background, as already mentioned, it would be a security issue and thus PHP doesn't allow it. The only way you can get a file on their pc is through cookies and if they accept them (which most do by default).

I hope this helps the situation!

THANK you, This helped ALOT!