file upload - restricting file type

[Drongo_III]

Hi Guys

 

I'm writing a script to allow for file uploads on the front end of a site.

 

I want to restrict the file upload to csv files only.

 

I can find examples for images such as

 

if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 20000))
  {Code goes here }

 

But what do you use for CSV files?

 

And why does this example use image/ before the file type?

 

Sorry i know these are newbie questions but still new to this.

 

thanks

 

Drongo

[wizard32]

Those start with image/ cause they are images types.

For csv you need to use text/csv

 

For a list of mime types check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type

[Drongo_III]

Ha thanks Wizard. That makes perfect sense. I was searching around for "file type" not knowing they were called mime types... It all makes sense now

 

Thank you!

 

Those start with image/ cause they are images types.

For csv you need to use text/csv

 

For a list of mime types check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type