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Re: How reliable is mime type in $_FILES superglobal.
From: Colin McKinnon <colin.thisisnotmysurname@ntlworld.deletemeunlessURaBot.com>
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 22:53:28 CET
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 22:53:28 CET
splodge wrote:
>
> I am working on a portal, part of which allows users to upload files.
> Part of the array within $_FILES superglobal gives the mime type for the
> file. Is this 100% reliable / accurate? If the mime type says the file
> type is jpeg is it always right? Two reasons I want to know:
>
IIRC it relies on the information supplied by the client (if any). When I
had the same problem, rather than try to verify it was a jpg, I just
converted it to a GD file then back to a jpeg.
C.
Received on Tue Feb 7 21:07:58 2006