How can I get the filename of a file before I call the
<cffile action = "upload">
? I can get the filename of the temp file, but not of the actual filename. In PHP land I can use the $_FILES superglobal to get what I want - but as far as I can tell no such thing exists in ColdFusion.
I can get the filename client-side but would really want to do this server side.
Thanks
I don't know of a way to find out before calling cffile, but there may be a workaround.
When you call <cffile action="upload"> you can specify a result using result="variable". So, call the upload with the destination as a temp file. Your result variable is a struct which contains the member clientFile, which is the name of the file on the client's computer.
Now, you can use <cffile action="move"> to do whatever it is you need to do with the original filename.