My webpage contains a file for upload, and I want the file uploaded to only be either pdf, doc or docx.
My form tag also has enctype="multipart/form-data" and has files="true"
My html looks like:
<div id="cv_upload" class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="file" name='cv'>
</div>
</div>
The $rules array associated with this is as follows:
'cv' => 'mimes:pdf,doc,docx|required'
And finally my messages looks like:
'cv.required' => 'A selection for C.V. is required before proceeding.',
'cv.mimes' => 'CV must be of the following file type: pdf, doc or docx.'
The only problem with this is, even after I upload a pdf or doc, the message I receive is the one for required. I have no idea why this isn't working as expected. I also tried removing the 'application/' but that yields no success either. Please help.
I come accross this bug either ! and so does the mimetypes doesn't work correctly ! when i validate excel,word and pdf , I use
dd($request->file('document')->getMimeType(),$request->file('document')->getClientOriginalExtension() );
even can't get mimetype correctly ,but sometimes it does .like below :
"application/CDFV2-unknown"
"xls"
@tareenmj @devEs thank you devEs ,I have seen your answer !
I know this thread is old, but this might help others who may stumbled on the same problem. I actually got the idea from what @rogrido said about checking your images/attachments as arrays. I am using "attachments[]" as input name by the way. And I got it working using this:
$this->validate(request(), [
'document.*' => 'required|file|mimes:ppt,pptx,doc,docx,pdf,xls,xlsx|max:204800',
]);
using the dot(.) asterisk solved my problem.
@zhezhebie On laravel 8.83.11 having 'document.*' => 'required|file|mimes:ppt,pptx,doc,docx,pdf,xls,xlsx|max:204800', on the request if you don't send the document, the validation rule required don't work with the dot(.) asterisk.
I had to do like this for the required to work:
'document' => 'required',
'document.*' => 'file|mimes:ppt,pptx,doc,docx,pdf,xls,xlsx|max:204800'
@zhezhebie Hei, I am stuck on the same problems. Can u upload your solution.
@zhezhebie Thank you. Tried this for images as images.* and error on validation got resolved.
You can use like below
$validated = $request->validate([ 'document' => 'mimetype:image/jpeg,application/octetstream.application/msword.application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text' ]);
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