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use dd(Input::file('input_name')->getMimeType() ) to see those pdf's mimetype :) , and then support them too ;)
'application/octet-stream'
Feb 27, 2015
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PDF upload problem
Hello!
I have an application based on Laravel 4.2.17 with file upload funcionality. Everythink works fine except uploading of some PDF files.
During last few days my colleague uploaded several hundreds of PDF files, but several of them can't be uploaded. When we tried to open it, they seems normal like any other PDF file.
dd(Input::('file')) says this:
Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile Object
(
[test:Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile:private] =>
[originalName:Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile:private] => ponuda524.pdf
[mimeType:Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile:private] => application/octet-stream
[size:Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile:private] => 0
[error:Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile:private] => 1
[pathName:SplFileInfo:private] =>
[fileName:SplFileInfo:private] =>
)
We suspect that the problem is related to detection of mimetypes. PDF files are made from Word 2010 docx files, converted with Nitro Professional 7 and "Save as.." option built in Word. Both failed.
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Thanks for tip.
I think this is a PHP fileinfo extension problem. When i try to upload PDF 1.5 it's failing, but when i try to upload PDF/A-1 everything works fine.
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becouse you are uploading file with firefox, am i right?
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Tried Firefox 36 and Chrome 40 - same issue.
I just found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19681854/replacement-for-filemime-in-laravel-4-to-get-mime-type-from-file-extension
PHP mime_content_type() is deprecated
Its replacement FileInfo is unreliable
Symfony's getMimeType() uses FileInfo (see my other answer)
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maybe your file currepted by non-sense app before , and for your prev reply i told you to use
dd(Input::file('input_name')->getMimeType() )
not using php's mime_content_type()
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pdf mimetype is not something that you could rely on. i think you must check if mimetype is not recognized by browser ( 'application/octet-stream' ) then extension is right and file has only one extension :
$extension = Input::file('input_name')->getClientOriginalExtension();
hope works for you.
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Symfony \ Component \ HttpFoundation \ File \ Exception \ FileNotFoundException
The file "" does not exist
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you changed 'input_name' with your input's name , right? becouse seems you are trying to access something that is not exist.
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Ofcourse I did. PHP just cant read complete file stream.
I'm going to investigate this using plain PHP.
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Jabba, did you ever find out how to fix this? I am running into the exact same problem. Thanks in advance!
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Oh I fixed this: it turned out that the PDF had a bigger file size than allowed by upload_max_filesize in php.ini.
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