.rar, .zip files MIME Type

Question

I\'m developing a simple php upload script, and users can upload only ZIP and RAR files.

What MIME types I should use to check $_FILES[x][type]? (a comp

Answer 1

As extension might contain more or less that three characters the following will test for an extension regardless of the length of it.

Try this:

$allowedExtensions = array( 'mkv', 'mp3', 'flac' );

$temp = explode(".", $_FILES[$file]["name"]);
$extension = strtolower(end($temp));

if( in_array( $extension, $allowedExtensions ) ) { ///

to check for all characters after the last '.'