laravel 4 docx文件验证无效

Question

I gave the validation rule like this

'file'=>'mimes:png,gif,jpeg,txt,pdf,doc,docx|max:1024'

But when the docx file is uploaded, it shows this error

The file must be a file of type: png, gif, jpeg, txt, pdf, doc, docx.

Other types are working. I have tested it with doc and images and PDF. What do I have to do to solve this? I have tried creating mimes.php in the app/config folder but didn't work. I'm using laravel 4.

Answer 1

The issue is that a docx is actually a zipped XML file format. It thinks you're uploading a zip file.

Office Open XML is a zipped, XML-based file format... Wikipedia

You can get around this by allowing a zip to be uploaded and validate it ends in .docx otherwise it will delete the file and throw an error.