I have a form that aims to upload pdf's, MSWord docs, MSExcel files, and MSPowerpoint.
I'm tying to do a PHP validation as follows
<?php
if (isset($_FILES['fileupload'])){
$filetype = array('application/pdf', 'application/msword', 'application/mspowerpoint');
if (in_array($_FILES['fileupload']['type'], $filetype)){
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileupload"]["tmp_name"], "/var/www/uploads/" . $_FILES["fileupload"]["name"])){
$filename = basename($_FILES['fileupload']['name']);
echo $filename;
}//close moveupload
}//close in_array
}//close isset
}
?>
Why am I not able to upload pdf-like files but can upload MSword-like files? I have seen similar questions like this but I want to know why for this particular case it is not working for me.