Hi,
I'm creating an upload section that limits users to upload the following file types:

.pdf
.zip
.rar
.doc
.jpeg
.gif

When getting the type for .pdf files, it comes up as:
application/force-download

and for .rar files it comes up as:
application/x-download

If I do a check that says:

if ($type=="application/force-download" || $type=="application/x-download")

then will users only be able to upload .PDF and .RAR files? I'm assuming these two types will allow other formats as well.

If this is the case, how can I check the extension of the file before the user is able to upload it. I was thinking of somehow capturing the last 3 letters of the filename, and then doing the check that way, except I'm not sure how to go about this. Any insight appreciated!

you can you the strrpos() and substr() function to get the extension.

$ext = substr($fileName, strrpos($fileName, '.') + 1);

If your file name is Denis.pdf the $ext will be "pdf".

you can then create an array of all the extensions you allow like

$extensions = array("pdf","doc","rar","zip" ,"jpeg","gif","png");

so you can check for it like this

if (!in_array($ext, $extensions)) {
       echo "$ext is an invalid file format" ;
}

change names to suit your program. tell me of any errors

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