Question

I have a part of a form where a user can upload a file. I want only the filename to be sent to a text field in the same form. So if user uploaded “C:/Folder/image.jpg”, the text field should show “image.jpg”. I tried some code myself but I know it’s wrong:

function ff_uploadimages_action(element, action)
{var m = data.match(/((*):\/)/(.*)[\/\\]([^\/\\]+\.\w+)$/);
switch (action) {
case 'change':
if (data.match(/((*):\/)/(.*)[\/\\]([^\/\\]+\.\w+)$/).value)
ff_getElementByName('filename').value = m[2].text;
        default:;
    } // switch
} // ff_uploadimages_action

ff_uploadimages is the field to upload file, and filename is the textfield where name should appear. Any help at all is appreciated! Thanks.

Answer 1

Here’s one way to do it

document.getElementById('upload').onchange = uploadOnChange;

function uploadOnChange() {
  var filename = this.value;
  var lastIndex = filename.lastIndexOf("\\");
  if (lastIndex >= 0) {
    filename = filename.substring(lastIndex + 1);
  }
  document.getElementById('filename').value = filename;
}

<input id="upload" type="file" />
<input id="filename" type="text" />

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you don’t mention jQuery but given it’s popularity here’s the same solution using jQuery

jQuery:

$('#upload').change(function() {
    var filename = $(this).val();
    var lastIndex = filename.lastIndexOf("\\");
    if (lastIndex >= 0) {
        filename = filename.substring(lastIndex + 1);
    }
    $('#filename').val(filename);
});

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Demo:

http://jsfiddle.net/pxfunc/WWNnV/4/