A snippet:
    my %file_ok = qw{
        .gif    1
        .jpg    1
        .htm    1
        .html    1
        .txt    1
        .doc    1
        .pdf    1
    };

and then....

    ($base,$path,$type) = fileparse($file,'\..*');


and finally...

    $type =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
    if (!$file_ok{$type}) {
        print "The type of file you tried to upload ($type) is not sup
+ported.";
        return;
    }

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how's that?
UPDATE: Added the line to make the extension lowercase as some losers in my industry love CAP LOCK.
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