@alltypes = qw(.gif .jpg .jpeg .jpe .jfif);
if(param('im1') || param('im2') || param('im3') || param('im4') || par
+am('im5')) {
    for ($i=1; $i<=5; $i++) {
         if (param("im$i")) {
              $file = param("im$i");
              $filename = param("im$i");
              $filename =~ s/.*[\/\\]//;
              $ext = param("im$i");
            $ext =~ s/^[^.]*(\.[\w]+$)/$1/;
          foreach $line (@alltypes) {
            if(($ext !~ /$line/i)) {
              error("Your image needs to be in GIF or JPEG format.");
            }
          }
       }
    }
} else {
    error("You need to upload at least one image!");
}

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When it comes to the point of checking what kind of extention it has, even if it is a gif I get a error "Your image needs to be in GIF or JPEG format." Anyone know why??

In reply to Checking File Types by andrew

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