Symfony2 upload file without form

Question

Using symfony2, I would like to upload some files only from their path on my PC.

I read an excel file containing some path to pictures (like /home/thibault/pictures/*.jpg) and I want to upload them on my server. So, I do not want a form.

All the documentation I have read deal with upload from a form, is this possible to do that without ?

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

No it is not possible. For what you are looking for you need to deploy some locally running agent. Any browser will not permit you to pull files form folders on the user's computer. The user has to be the one to say what files they want to upload if it is to be done inside a browser.