How to make input type= file Should accept only pdf and xls

Question

I used

Now I would like to restrict this by accepting only .pdf and .xls files.

When I click the s

Answer 1

You could use JavaScript. Take in consideration that the big problem with doing this with JavaScript is to reset the input file. Well, this restricts to only JPG (for PDF you will have to change the mime type and the magic number):

Take in consideration that this was tested on latest versions of Firefox and Chrome, and on IExplore 10.

For a complete list of mime types see Wikipedia.

For a complete list of magic number see Wikipedia.