Question

for the

<input type="file" name="addfile" id="addfile" />
 <input type="submit" id="btnadd" value="Addfile" onclick="filetype(addfile)" />

i need to check the file type(pdf or doc etc) in javascript that is added for this what do i need to pass in filetype onclick function to have addfile name passed instead of addfile passed in it ?

thanks,

michaeld

Answer 1

Well first you need to extract the filename from addfile after its added, like as mentioned here: Javascript – How to extract filename from a file input control

and then use that inside filetype.