php upload error :: filetype recognition

[fuzic]

Okay, I have this script which is supposed to get the filetype of the file being uploaded (sent to this script from another form page), and then if the filetype is not pjepg or gif then it rejects the upload by printing an error message. Every time I upload, however, it always says the file is the wrong format, no matter what. The code is as follows:

$oquery = "SELECT FROM users WHERE user = $user";
$oresult = mysql_query($oquery);
if ($oresult) {
$oval = "else";
} else {
$oval = NULL;
}
echo $oval;
if (is_null($oval)) {
if ($oval > 1) {
$source = "icons/default.jpg";
} else {
if ($FILES['file']['type'] == "image/pjpeg"){
mysql_select_db("markar_nu-users",$db);
$query = "SELECT count() as count FROM pending";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$id = $row['count']+1;
copy ($FILES['file']['tmp_name'],"icons/".$id) or die ("Your icon failed $
$source="icons/".$id;
echo $source;
} else if ($FILES['file']['type'] == "image/gif") {
mysql_select_db("markar_nu-users",$db);
$query = "SELECT count(*) as count FROM pending";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$id = $row['count']+1;
copy ($FILES['file']['tmp_name'],"icons/".$id) or die ("Your icon failed to upload properly!");
$source="icons/".$id."gif";
} else {
echo "You have uploaded an image with an invalid file format!";
echo $_FILES['file']['type'];
$source="icons/default.jpg";
}

[TTT]

if(substr($HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['name'],-4) == ".jpg" || ....) {
// ok
}

[Shrike]

But I want to upload myimage.jpeg 😉

The $_FILES array is the thing to look at, are you sure that the upload form has an enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute, and that the file upload field is named 'file'?

Out of interest what is a pjpg? I note that PHP resolves the mime-type as image/pjpeg 🙂

[The_Chancer]

I always find sticking

foreach ($_FILES['file'] as $key=>$val)
{
      echo $key ." - ".$val."<br />";
}

in the else{} bit will give me the info I need....

Any chance of seeing the form as well to check ?

[fuzic]

a) a pjepg is a sort of sub-jpeg file... I'm not sure exactly what makes it different, but when I tried to upload a .jpg encoded using pjpeg, image/jpeg wouldnt accept it

b) the form is http://markar.nu/hellto.php sorry there's no formatting or labeling on the form yet.

Thanks for your all's help