FileReference.upload method, extra variable?

[Boombanguk]

hi,

im using the FileReference.upload method to upload a file to a php script, only thing is I want to also an extra variable (the directory where the file is to be put) to the php script, but don't see how to include that, how do I do that?

thanks for any advice.
boombanguk

[cancerinform]

//path to folder
$folder= 'text';

//path name of file for storage
$uploadfile = "$folder/" . basename( $_FILES['Filedata']['name'] );

//if the file is moved successfully
if ( move_uploaded_file( $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'] , $uploadfile ) ) {
 success("The file was successfully uploaded.");
} 

[Boombanguk]

thats php code right? what I need is how do I send that $folder variable FROM flash to the php code when I do the upload comand?

[cancerinform]

You can't. You need to do it over php. Flash will put your file where the movie is located.

[MyFriendIsATaco]

you could always append the folder name to the end of the upload method like so:

FileReference.upload("myscript.php?folder=/folder1/folder2/");

then in PHP, use the $_GET['folder'] to retrieve that folder information.

[Boombanguk]

You can't. You need to do it over php. Flash will put your file where the movie is located.

I probably didn't explain myself well, as I just did "upload.php?file=whatever" and it worked fine. But I was hoping I could send a variable actually from WITHIN flash with the upload method. That seems to me a bit of a miss from adobe, as what if I need to send variables with the upload (and I don't want to use ?file=).....thats what I love about loadVars.

[cancerinform]

MyFriendIsATaco gave you the best solution, did not know it

You cannot send anything using LoadVars to the php file.