jQuery - INPUT type=File , Image FileType Validation options?

Question

I have the following:

On the server I check to make sure it\

Answer 1

You could use a regular expression:

var val = $("#user_profile_pic").val();
if (!val.match(/(?:gif|jpg|png|bmp)$/)) {
    // inputted file path is not an image of one of the above types
    alert("inputted file path is not an image!");
}

Of course you could add more formats to the regular expression. There are more complex and comprehensive ways to accomplish this, but this method will accomplish the task as long as the image file path inputted ends in a standard image file extension.