I have read couple of post regarding the issue of checking the file extension while upload a file using laravel.
I have the same issue and didn\'t file the solution
Here are several types I used for more complete csv validation, hope it will help future usage
return [ 'sheet' => 'required|mimetypes:text/csv,text/plain,application/csv,text/comma-separated-values,text/anytext,application/octet-stream,application/txt' ];