There is a fileinfo module for php (and it's packaged in 5.3)
http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.fileinfo.phphttp://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.fileinfo.php
However after trying to use "file" in a system call back in the day its great
with graphics and some other stuff, but a large number of the video files came
out with just a generic binary type. The site needed both pictures and videos
to be validated; I had to relax the restriction because most of the video
content couldn't be identified.
I would say transcode it (if its videos) so its normalized and consistent with
the rest of the site, and ffmpeg etc. will let you know if its not a valid type
your server can support. YMMV with fileinfo or system("file") which I believe
should give you the same results. Depends on what content you are handling!
On Sep 18, 2010, at 2:32 AM, Ashley Sheridan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 11:21 +0200, Peter Lind wrote:
>
>> On 17 September 2010 23:25, Jim Lucas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Catherine Madsen wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I have created a form following the PHP manual to upload files and need
>>>> to restrict the upload to only PDF. How do I check the file type
>>>> ($_FILES['userfile']['type']?) and where: on the form page or on the
>>>> validation page? I want to be able to tell the users that their file
>>>> doesn't have the right format. Thank you very much for your help!
>>>>
>>
>> You need to use something like http://www.fpdf.org/ to try and
>> actually open the uploaded file - anyone can fake an extension.
>>
>> Regards
>> Peter
>>
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>
> An exec() call to the 'file' command (assuming you're on a Linux server)
> should give you back the correct file type as well. I just tested mine
> with file-5.03 on a mis-named file and it correctly detected it. That's
> not to say a carefully crafted file couldn't trick it, but it might be
> good as a general checker where it would be a lot of hassle trying to
> check every single file type by opening it up.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
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