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php - input tag, type file, need the full path

Question:
I need to be able to pass the full path name of a file that the user
selects via the browse button in html.  IE passes this path as part of the post,
Firefox only gives me the filename.
Irregardless of browser I need the whole path.

** I don't need the text part of the file input to default to a specific value,
Just the path once the user selects any file at all.
?

<?php
        $tempStr = $_POST['getPath'];
        $count = 0;
        $len = strlen($tempStr);
        if($len > 0)
{
        while($count < $len)
        {
              $temp = substr($tempStr, $count, 1);
     if ($temp == "\\")
                {
      $count++;
     $temp = substr($tempStr, $count, 1);
     if ($temp == "\\") {
            $path = $path."/";
     }
     }else
          $path = $path.$temp;
           $count++;
         }
     echo $path;
        }
?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>File Uploading Interface</TITLE>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<CENTER>
<BR><BR>
<FORM enctype="multipart/form-data" NAME=MyForm ACTION="submit.php" METHOD="POST">
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="command" VALUE="1">
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000">
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="getPath" id="inputText">
  <TABLE>
  <TR>
  <TD>Choose File</TD>
  <TD><INPUT NAME="MyFile" TYPE="File" id="myfile" onclick="javascript:getDirPath();"></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD COLSPAN="2"><INPUT NAME="submit" VALUE="Path" TYPE="submit"></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
</FORM>
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>