MIMe types

[ktsirig]

Hi all!

I have a question: I am constructing a form where the user can upload a file.
I need however to verify that the file uploaded is a TEXT file.

Is $_FILE['userfile']['type'] what I need? I am asking this because no matter if I upload a .txt or a .gif file, PHP says they are both $_FILE['userfile']['type']='text' and so, they are both uploaded on the server, whereas there should be only .txt file uploaded and not the .gif file.

In general, how can I allow only text files to be uploaded?
(Of course, i can't rely much on the extension I believe)..

Thanx

[ktsirig]

Hi!
I am trying to validate that a file submitted through a form is a TEXT file.
When I use $_FILES['userfile_PFAM']['type']=='text/plain' it works, but only for files with .txt extension.

But the user may also have a file containing text data and may not have given the .txt extension (for example I found that application/octet-stream also reffers to TEXT files).
Does anybody know which of the MIME types of PHP must I check for? The MIME types that reffer to TEXT I mean.

Thanx!

[pbmods]

Heya, ktsirig.

Check out PHP's fileinfo extension.