Re: I'm confused about Regular Expressions.

Addressed to: "Kenneth R Zink II" <Hellcat1@EV1.Net> php-general@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from "Kenneth R Zink II" <Hellcat1@EV1.Net> Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:42:28 -0600 > > ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C09BFB.5E254010 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I was just reading at DevShed on how to use Regular Expressions, but now = > I'm even more confused. > > Can someone please explain how I would use a REGEX to determine in and = > uploaded file is a .gif or .jpg file? if( ereg( 'gif|jpg', $filename )) Better yet, try doing a getImageSize() on the uploaded file, before you move it and look at the [2] element of what is returned. This will give you the actual type of file from inspecting its contents rather than just trusting the extension that was typed. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com