I'm trying to build a file uploader to upload JSON files using Codeigniter 3.1.13. I built the basic form using the CI documentation but I keep getting the error "The filetype you are attempting to upload is not allowed."
I did a var_dump of the file, and checked that the type is indeed listed in mimes.php, so I'm not sure what I'm missing!
Here is my code:
public function upload_data_file(){
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
$config['upload_path'] =$this->config->item('temp_path') . "fhmFieldData";
$config['allowed_types'] = 'json';
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
var_dump($_FILES);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('userfile')) {
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
$this->render($error,'fhm/enter_data');
}
else {
$data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
$this->render($data,'fhm/enter_data');
}
}
This is what the var_dump prints:
'userfile' =>
array (size=5)
'name' => string 'FHMFieldData_v2022-1_VMC593.json' (length=32)
'type' => string 'application/json' (length=16)
'tmp_name' => string '/users/v/m/vmc/phptemp/upload/php846QNI' (length=39)
'error' => int 0
'size' => int 17572
My mimes.php file has this on line 117:
'json' => array('application/json', 'text/json'),
CodePudding user response:
making my comments an answer:
Check your server's mime types, because not all hosting providers install all the mime types!
add
text/plain
to your 'json' in application\config\mimes.php:'json' => array('application/json', 'text/json', 'text/plain'),
note: adding text/plain
also often resolves *.csv mime type issues, so keep that in mind for other applications