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How to show name of a file before uploading it.

Anonymous User207411-Mar-2013

Hi Everyone!

I want to show the name of a file using JavaScript or jQuery before it is uploaded by the server. I've researched about it and instead I learned how to preview an image before it is uploaded. But the file I wish to upload may not be an image so I need to show the name.

Here is the code to show preview of an image, can it be modified to show the name instead?:

HTML:

<form method="post" name="form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 <input type="file" name="attachment" onchange="read_input(this);" />
</form>
Javascript + jQuery:

function read_input(input) {

    if (input.files && input.files[0]) {

        var reader = new FileReader();

        reader.onload = function (e) {

            result = e.target.result;

            $(".attachment").html('<img src="'+result+'" alt="preview" />');

        }

        reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);

    }

}

Thanks in advance!


Updated on 11-Mar-2013
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