There's a couple of things a person can do. 1. check for .gif extention 2. see if exif_imagetype() returns type IMAGETYPE_GIF 3. see if getimagesize() returns reasonable values and not FALSE 4. check the file content for binary vs text content Gerry -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php