On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 15:03 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > Eric Butera schreef: > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Warren Windvogel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Eric Butera wrote: > >>> Who says every file will have an extension? Who says they're all .+3 > >>> chars? When I first started php I tried that and it failed in a lot > >>> of places. > >> I've also run into that problem in the past. The way that I could work > >> around all these issues was to document naming conventions for the files > >> and > >> validate these before using the regex to obtain the necessary information. > >> > >> Regards > >> Warren > >> > > > > ...or you could just use pathinfo and be done with it. I work for > > clients. Clients shouldn't have to read a faq to upload a file. > > no. they generally believe that when they upload a CSV file in a field > very clearly marked "upload your FLASH file here" things should just work :-) > > > > > I had exactly the same problem with someone wondering why a PDF CV wouldnt upload in a form marked CSV upload, she adamantly refused to read it properly!
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