Unfortunately, I was trying to detect if somebody had, for instance, simply renamed a text (.txt) file to .jpg - Wondered if there was something - maybe in the file - that would give me the true "type".
-----Original Message----- From: Dave l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:53 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: MIME type if you were on cfm 6 you could probably check via java, if you were on 8 i think it will tell u. but since you are on pre-civil war version it would probably be harder. Quick n dirty you could grab the file and look at last 3 letters and tell and if they are ok let them through, if not error like <cfscript> thefile = theimage.jpg; checkFile = right(thefile, 3); </cfscript> <cfif checkFile eq "jpg"> ok let it through <cfelseif checkFile eq "gif"> ok let it through <cfelse> not acceptable image format </cfif> >Hi, > CF5.0 > I have a <CFFILE action="upload" accept="image/*" >nameconflict="Overwrite" destination="..."> (wrapped in a <cftry><cfcatch>) >that is failing. Permissions are fine, so as a first step I'm assumimg it's >the MIME type problem. How do I determine the actual MIME type of a file >that user's are trying to upload? > > Thanks in advance > > Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292940 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
