Re: [PHP] test for rtf

2003-03-08 Thread bill
Just a note, testing for those characters is trickier than it sounds. The backslash throws off the test. Here's what I did on a POST form. Note the -two- backslashes. $chkstring=substr($thisfile,0,5); if ("$chkstring" != "{\\rtf") { // fail } This seems to work, but I'm wonder

Re: [PHP] test for rtf

2003-03-07 Thread Brady Hegberg
You could always open it and see if the first few characters are "{\rtf1". Brady > Is there any way to test a file to confirm it is an RTF file? > > I'm thinking along the lines of how we can test for an image with > getimagesize(). > > kind regards, > > bill > -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] test for rtf

2003-03-07 Thread Radek Zajkowski
IF this data is being uploaded via form you should look into $_FILES array, in particular $_FILES["userfilename"]["type"]; R> On 3/7/03 11:33 AM, "Andrew Brampton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not to sure on the RTF file format, but checking the first few letters might > help > Quickly opening a

Re: [PHP] test for rtf

2003-03-07 Thread Andrew Brampton
Not to sure on the RTF file format, but checking the first few letters might help Quickly opening a RTF file I see that they start with {\rtf Maybe look for that. Andrew - Original Message - From: "bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:22 PM Subje