I understand that, but this is for input form a file upload web form so the user will be using a browse button to choose a file and then that filename and path will appear in the textbox and then you click submit. So I have no control over what is sent by the form but only what the script revcieves and uses.
Its a real head tangler.
All the Best, Eoin...

If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.