Re: Check type of uploaded file

From: Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 00:12:08 +0000
Subject: Re: Check type of uploaded file
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > On Saturday 06 December 2003 11:01 pm, Richard Davey wrote: > > Yes, check the $_FILES['userfile']['type'] after upload. > > > That can be spoofed. > There isn't really a way to determine file types... I was thinking of trying something like ereg("[[:print:]]*", "$contents") on the file. Not really what I want, but would reject obvious non-text files. -Bob

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