Question in uploading images

like_php

have a question in uploading files by php , surely by upload input form , I want only upload images so , the visitor cant upload anything else .

and when visitor click on Browse not aalow to him to see only files with gif extension

how can I do that

thnaks alot

bpat1434

when visitor click on Browse not aalow to him to see only files with gif extension

Not sure if that's possible with PHP...

only upload images so , the visitor cant upload anything else

Let them upload a file, and then check the mime type of the image.

<?php

if(preg_match("/image\/gif/", mime_content_type($_FILES['myimage']['tmp_name'])) == 1){
    // continue with the upload
}
else{
    // Display an error page
}

?>

~Brett

thinfile

The file section dialog that comes with when you click on the browse button in an HTML form is something that cannot be controlled by PHP. There are java applets though wtih enhanced browse dialogs.

It's possible to filter out unwanted file at the server (as suggested already) or by using javascript to examine the file extension.

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Weedpacket

Of course, you can't trust the file extension to be correct; you can't even trust the MIME type to be correct. If you want to make sure that the image is a <ickpttt>GIF then you'll need to look at the file itself and make sure it's a GIF file. [man]getimagesize[/man] is a handy way to do this.