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Smackie
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Including files from desktop on a website

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Alright i know this is a n00b question lol but i havent worked around this part before of including files from desktop and not sure if you can do it with php. but a friend came to me and asked me if there was a way to create a script that will let people pick there own music from there desktop on there website.. he wants to make it where people can choose there music to listen to while surfing his website. but i wasnt for sure on it so i thought i would com to the forum about it..

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erm,he wants people to upload their own custom music to the site so they can listen to it while surfing? please tell me there is registration before hand and they have to be logged in to do this, right? Plus..this might be illegal..copyrights and all that..Because then you'd have access to the music as well....
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Smackie wrote:but a friend came to me and asked me if there was a way to create a script that will let people pick there own music from there desktop on there website.. he wants to make it where people can choose there music to listen to while surfing his website.
Odd, I was under the impression that's what my chosen music player was for.

Why would someone spend the time to upload a track or 10 to only be usable on this guys site? .. Not to mention all the legal implications as Charles256 noted.
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no no not uploading the music files i mean where it just searches a folder on desktop that has the music in it and shows on the file and randomly picks the music from the list.
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PHP does not have that kind of access capability. Flash and Java could, but I still don't see a point.
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