Get file upload extension

[Unnamed]

Hi all

Can anyone please tell me the best way to get the whether an uploaded file is a csv file and also to check if the uploaded file has more than 1 column. i have tried to get filetype but am unable to get it working and have no idea on how to count number of columns in csv file, any help would be appreciated.

[PHP]
$filename = basename($_FILES['file_upload']['name']);
//echo $filename;

//$filetype = $_FILES['file_upload']['type'];

//if($filetype != '.csv')
//$error["fileext"] = "Please upload a .csv file";

if(empty($filename))
$error["filename"] = "The name of the file was not found.";

if(empty($error))
{
$newfile = "/tmp/" . $filename;
//echo $newfile;
$result = @move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file_upload']['tmp_name'], $newfile);
if(empty($result))
$error["result"] = "There was an error moving the uploaded file.";

}
[/PHP]



Regards Brad

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi Brad,

I don't quite see the code where you're trying to get the file extension.
Can you post that part of the code?

Cheers

Hi all

Can anyone please tell me the best way to get the whether an uploaded file is a csv file and also to check if the uploaded file has more than 1 column. i have tried to get filetype but am unable to get it working and have no idea on how to count number of columns in csv file, any help would be appreciated.

[PHP]
$filename = basename($_FILES['file_upload']['name']);
//echo $filename;

//$filetype = $_FILES['file_upload']['type'];

//if($filetype != '.csv')
//$error["fileext"] = "Please upload a .csv file";

if(empty($filename))
$error["filename"] = "The name of the file was not found.";

if(empty($error))
{
$newfile = "/tmp/" . $filename;
//echo $newfile;
$result = @move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file_upload']['tmp_name'], $newfile);
if(empty($result))
$error["result"] = "There was an error moving the uploaded file.";

}
[/PHP]



Regards Brad

[Markus]

[php]
$_FILES['file_upload']['type'];
[/php]
Is what you're after :)

[Unnamed]

[php]
$_FILES['file_upload']['type'];
[/php]
Is what you're after :)

Thats what i originially tried but as you can see i commented it out when i could not get it to work, for some reason that command only distinguishes whether it is an excel file or not and will not return the file extension

any ideas on how to fix this would be very much appreciated.

Regards Brad

[Markus]

Have a look at this thread