I am trying to perform an action if a certain file is of a certain type; image, video or document. What I have tried so far: if(preg_match(“/.(mp4|mov)$/”, $filename)) and None of the above work and the ISSUE is mainly on identifying the video type full code: reference: Check file extension in upl…
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htaccess – Deny access to pdf files in folders
The goal is to restrict direct browser access to all *.pdf various subfolders within a main folder. The subfolder names in which each pdf file reside are numeric only (characters 0-9; Eg. “work/books/112/myfile.pdf”) What I have so far is: RewriteRule ^work/books/([0-9]+)/.pdf)$ [F,L,NC] Where …
PHP file download not recognizing file type in Chrome and Edge
I’m trying to create a simple download page, which currently works in Firefox but not entirely in Chrome and Edge. The file to download is an mp3, located in a private directory on the server. When I download the file in Firefox it works as intended. If I download it using Chrome or Edge the file still …
List of file types php
I’m looking for a list/description detailing the file type php assigns based on an uploaded file. I have the following script. It takes the uploaded file, and the file type. Compares it to the array …
s3 direct upload restricting file size and type
A newbie question but I have googled abit and can’t seem to find any solution. I want to allow users to directly upload files to S3, not via my server first. By doing so, is there any way the files can be checked for size limit and permitted types before actually uploading to S3? Preferably not to use f…