Is it possible to on click event open computer directory using PHP.
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<a href="file://C:/Users/Pictures/">Link Text</a>
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Do you want upload file or? – proofzy Apr 10 '18 at 07:04
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Are you looking for [exec](http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php)? – Thum Choon Tat Apr 10 '18 at 07:09
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proofzy, i am not want to upload file. I want open specified directory then in this directory there are many file like .doc, .pdf, .xls, .txt, etc. now i'm select any file and open that file. – prakash kumar Apr 10 '18 at 07:13
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you can map directory in xampp or wamp config file and access it by relative path – Mohamd Ali Apr 10 '18 at 07:16
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Possible duplicate of [Make XAMPP/Apache serve file outside of htdocs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1408/make-xampp-apache-serve-file-outside-of-htdocs) – Mohamd Ali Apr 10 '18 at 07:16
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yes, you can open files in browsers but keep in mind each browser has its own way to handle such urls. Old Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 opens links in Windows Explorer, but other most new browser use their embedded interface for same.
<a href="file:///C:/Users/">Link to test data</a>
also take a look here to see how to create paths for directories in proper way: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2006/12/06/file-uris-in-windows/
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