php file upload, how to restrict file upload type

Question

I have the following code to check if (resume and reference letter uploaded match desired type (pdf OR doc OR docx) and size (less than 400 kb)

//check file          


        

Answer 1

Here is some code I wrote in the past..

function checkFileExtension($ext)
{
    if ($ext == 'ai' || $ext == 'pdf' || $ext == 'jpg' || $ext == 'jpeg' || $ext ==
        'gif' || $ext == 'eps' || $ext == 'tif' || $ext == 'png' || $ext == 'xls' || $ext ==
        'xlsx' || $ext == 'doc' || $ext == 'docx' || $ext == 'ppt' || $ext == 'pptx' ||
        $ext == 'zip' || $ext == 'rar' || $ext == 'sitx' || $ext == 'psd' || $ext ==
        'indd' || $ext == 'dng') {
        $pass = (int)1;
    } else {
        $pass = (int)0;
    }
    return (int)$pass;
}


$ext = substr(strrchr($_FILES['file']['name'], "."), 1);
$fileAccepted = checkFileExtension($ext);
$fileSize = $_FILES['file']['size'];

if($fileAccepted==1 && $fileSize > '82428800'){
    // do stuff
}