Re: Getting File Type using Regular Expressions

May be you could try this (You said 'uploading' so I'm assuming it may be web-based):

use CGI;

my $q = new CGI;

my $file = $q->param('myfile') 

my $type = $q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};

print "$type\n";
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Re: Re: Getting File Type using Regular Expressions by bkiahg (Pilgrim) on Apr 21, 2004 at 17:13 UTC
Yes it is a CGI ap. What is the difference between `$q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};` and using File::Type or File::MMagic? Do they check the same thing or what criteria do the base their assumptions on?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Getting File Type using Regular Expressions by Belgarion (Chaplain) on Apr 21, 2004 at 18:00 UTC
The code: `$type = $query->uploadInfo($filename)->{'Content-Type'};` [download] returns the `Content-Type` header the browser added to the upload. Basically, it's what the browser (or the user's computer) thinks this file is. It's not fool-proof however, and browsers are not required to include it. See the CGI documentation for more information.	[reply] [d/l]