I want to allow the user to upload a file with the following file extensions only jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, pdf, doc, docx,
I know we can use mimes:jpg,jpeg,png,bmp
but not it will not allow doc and docx...
is there any way I can do something like this 'extention:jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, pdf, doc,docx' ?
Please help.. thank you.
Extension checking is one way to go about checking if a file is of a particular format, but if that's all you've got, there's nothing preventing someone renaming a JPG to a DOCX and uploading it.
The mime checker (I assume) actually looks at the contents of the file and says 'that's a image/jpg', completely ignoring the filename and extension.
I don't know of any way in PHP to fingerprint if a file is a DOCX or PDF or not. Anyone?
You can use a request and it allow you to define the rules:
You can use for example:
'image' => 'required|image|max:20000'
It validates if it is an image
Based on this list: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types
For the documents you should use doc or dot and pdf, additionally try to use the MIME type, instead of the extension: application/pdf, application/msword
Please check this good resource: https://goo.gl/jE4sOF
Let me know if it works.
additionally try to use the MIME type, instead of the extension: application/pdf, application/msword
Remember you can't always trust the mime type sent by the user's browser in $_FILES. I remember way back in IE's history it didn't know the mime types for images properly. Also, like anything sent to a webserver, it can be spoofed, thus cannot be trusted.
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