attachments on forms

[mh5445]

I have used this helpful page to successfully store temporary files on my server (which i duno how to access): http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.aspBut, here are my two questions:1. Can, in the echo part or any other way, have the file sent to an email address (not using sql i dont know how to do that)2. for the restrictions on file type i see the jpeg, gif as image/jpeg. How do I do it if I want to restrict it to videos too- video/mp4 ? that didnt workThanks for any and all help!

[justsomeguy]

It's easiest to use the extension instead of the mime type. You can get the extension from a filename like this:$extension = array_pop(explode('.', $filename));And then you can check if the extension is jpg, gif, mpg, whatever.Attaching a file is easiest if you use the pear package, but you don't necessarily need to. An email with an attachment is called a multi-part mime message. You can see the general PHP mail reference here:http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.phpThis is an article about sending mult-part mime messages, if you scroll down to the multi-part section you can see a description about how the email needs to be formatted:http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/sendmimeemailpart1.phpYou can also use the pear package to take care of all of that for you if the server supports it:http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_Mime

[mh5445]

For what you said about the extension, is that for viewing extensions or restricting it to certain extensions? I am using this type of thing:if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")to restrict to certaipn image formats. If I want to allow more image formats, I simply add another line to the above. If i want to allow mor formats, but want to allow some video formats too, how would i add that line? Like this?:|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "video/mpg") that doesnt seem to work for me...If that is even possible tell me. And if you were trying to show me what I was looking for, I apologize, I am new to php.As for emailing uploaded file, could somone please give me a detailed process of how to do one of those (I am not so sure about what pear or whatever is). I would appreciate it thank.PS Thansk for the help, Im just not that familiar with what you wrote! sry!

[jeffman]

1. Did you find that mime type somewhere or just take a guess at it? My research says it would be video/mpeg NOT mpg. But mime types are sneaky . . .2. JSG was suggesting you revise your test to something like this:if( array_pop(explode('.', $filename)) == "mpg") { # GOOD TO GO}That way you don't need to know the mime type, just the file extension. And, yes, you can add that to your list of OR clauses.