Hi, ...answering to my own question for the case anybody with a similar problem finds it some time later...
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 14:44 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > When uploading a file via the <input type="file" ...> tag the value > of $_FILES['file']['type'] is retrieved (application/octet-stream in > the case of a simple text file), stored in the database and later > reused when somebody tries to download the file to set the > 'content-type' header The value of $_FILES['file']['type'] which is set when the file is uploaded, seems not to be the mime type. The PEAR Package "MIME_Type" ( http://pear.php.net/package/MIME_Type/ ) can be used with better results for detecting the mime type directly from the file: <?php require_once 'MIME/Type.php'; $filename = '/path/to/some/file.jpg'; echo MIME_Type::autoDetect($filename); ?> See the documentation here: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.tools.mime-type.detecting.php Dietrich
