Question

I’m trying to upload a css file user codigniter’s upload class. Here is the controller:

public function uploadcssfile() 
{
   $config['upload_path'] = './stylesheets/stores/'.$memberid.'/'; 
   $config['file_name'] = 'main.css';    
   $config['allowed_types'] = 'css';   
   $config['overwrite'] = true;   
   $this->load->library('upload', $config);
   if (! $this->upload->do_upload('filefieldname'))
   {
     die($this->upload->display_errors());
   } 
}

I just want to upload a file of type css, yet codeigniter always gives this error:

The filetype you are attempting to upload is not allowed.

Answer 1

I know, this is really weird but it worked for me:

in application/config/mimes.php, line 77

'css' => 'text/css',

change to:

'css' => array('text/css','text/x-c'),

To see, if your development environment has its own sense of humour and can add new mime types to any text files (my case), check your mimes like this:

if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload(-your-form-input-name-) ){
                    print_r($_FILES['-your-form-input-name-']['type']);
                    exit($this->upload->display_errors(). 'File Type: ' . $this->upload->file_type);
                }

If an upload fails it will show you what mime type your server is actually getting to deal with.

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