RE: [PHP] Identify a Word Document on the Fly

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Disclaimer: The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may be confidential or contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any perusal, use, distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately advise us by return email at postmaster@normandy.com.au and delete the email document without making a copy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Assuming you have something like <input name="userfile" type="file"> in your form to upload have a look at the MIME type (in this case $userfile_type) ## Notes; echo "$userfile<BR>\n"; # The endlocation of the file echo "$userfile_name<BR>\n"; # The actual name of the file echo "$userfile_size<BR>\n"; # Size in bytes of file echo "$userfile_type<BR>\n"; # MIME Type (Depends on the browser if this is supplied) -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Pour [mailto:pour@mieterra.com] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 5:54 AM To: Van Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Identify a Word Document on the Fly Van wrote: > > Greets, all: > > Been many moons since I've been on the php list. > > I'm building a resume uploader utility and using the input type=file tag > to pitch the browse dialog to the end user. On submit, I'd like to stream > the file into a size-limited variable. I don't allow the web applications > to write to the file system. The data will go into a MySQL BLOB field > along with any other identification data. > > My question is, has anyone worked with the Word proprietary document > format to the extent they can identify that it is a word document? Hi, $ file resume.doc resume.doc: Microsoft Office Document Easier than writing your own ;-). Ciao, Andreas Pour http://www.kde.com/ : Everything KDE http://apps.kde.com/: The Latest in KDE Applications