"Pugi!" <geenzever.pugilator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:c2ig06$1kq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi, > > I would like to upload office-document (doc, xls, ...) using a form to a > website (apache, php, mysql) in a specific directory and if possible > insert > it into a table (MySQL-db). Is this possible. If yes, how ? You don't have > to explain it in detail, a link to a website or online manual or example > is > fine. > > Thanks, > > Pugi! > > > > Please reply to group or to pugilator at yahoo dot com > I think I get what you want to do, do you want to have a form on a webpage, where you specify the path of it on that pc, and then be able to upload it to a folder on the server. Then, you store the details, such as original filename, current filename, location etc. in the database. I know this is possible, but I've never managed to do it myself. Try looking in PHP and MySQL, it's by Larry Ullman and is published by Peachpit Press. There is something towards the back of the book about file uploads, and it gives an example of a solution like I explained above -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php