Checking file type when uploading

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Hi!

I have created a form following the PHP manual to upload files and need
to restrict the upload to only PDF.  How do I check the file type
($_FILES['userfile']['type']?) and where: on the form page or on the
validation page?  I want to be able to tell the users that their file
doesn't have the right format.  Thank you very much for your help!

My form is :

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['new_name'] = $_POST['new_name'];

?>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload_file.php" method="POST">
    <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" />
    Upload this file: <input name="userfile" size="50" type="file" />
    <input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>

The validation:

<?php

session_start();

$dirname = $_SESSION['new_name'];

$uploaddir = 'my_path'. $dirname. '/';

if (!(is_dir($uploaddir)))

	{
		if (!mkdir($uploaddir,0775))
		print "error: " . $uploaddir . "\n";
		exit;
			  					}
			  				
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {

header('Location: my_page');

} else {
    header('Location: my_error_page');
}

?>


Catherine


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