Codeigniter - File Upload and GoDaddy

Question

For some reason this block of code works on my local machine but when I upload it to my GoDaddy server it doesn't work, it tells me "The filetype you are attempting to upload is not allowed.". This only happens when I try to upload csv and xlsx files, png and jpgs work no problem.

    $filename = "classlist_".date("YmdHis").".csv";
    $config['upload_path'] = APPPATH. '../uploads/';
    $config['allowed_types'] = 'xlsx|xls|jpg|png|csv';
    $config['max_size'] = '1000';
    $config['max_width']  = '1024';
    $config['max_height']  = '768';

    $this->load->library('upload', $config);

    if (!$this->upload->do_upload())
    {
        print_r($this->upload);

        echo "error<br/>".$this->upload->display_errors();
        exit;
    }
    else
    {
        exit;

Any error? Any notices, something? – Naruto Sep 26 '14 at 13:48 — Naruto, Sep 26 '14 at 13:48
Which Codeignitor version you are using in GoDaddy server? – Vidhi Sep 26 '14 at 13:48 — Vidhi, Sep 26 '14 at 13:48
@Naruto No notices or errors except the one that CI outputs – Mikerizzo Sep 26 '14 at 13:52 — Mikerizzo, Sep 26 '14 at 13:52
@Vidhi I'm using version 2.1.4 – Mikerizzo Sep 26 '14 at 13:54 — Mikerizzo, Sep 26 '14 at 13:54
Check file permission and the upload folder permission. – Suthan Bala Sep 26 '14 at 13:59 — Suthan Bala, Sep 26 '14 at 13:59
Please check http://stackoverflow.com/a/10850763/2207961 – Vidhi Sep 26 '14 at 14:15 — Vidhi, Sep 26 '14 at 14:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '14 at 13:58

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This is a problem of server configuration for that specific filetype. That means that the filetype the server gives you for xlsx is not found in the $mimes variable in mimes.php file. The file mimes.php is found in application/config/mimes.php. Just print the $_FILES variable and add that mime you see there in $mimes variable.

Another method would be to force those mimes in .htaccess file:

AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx
AddType application/excel xls
AddType text/x-comma-separated-values csv

answered Sep 26 '14 at 13:58

machineaddict

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What does it print when you `print_r($_FILES);` after file `$this->upload->do_upload()`? – machineaddict Sep 26 '14 at 14:06
And of course it didn't worked as you have to specify the mimes. That is an example, NOT an working code! – machineaddict Sep 26 '14 at 14:07
Yes, I know that its not working code. I used the mime types printed when I did print_r($this->upload); – Mikerizzo Sep 26 '14 at 14:09
And what was the mimetype? – machineaddict Sep 26 '14 at 14:11
[xlsx] => Array ( [0] => application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet [1] => application/zip ) – Mikerizzo Sep 26 '14 at 14:15
It worked, stupid server took time to accept the .htaccess file, not sure why. – Mikerizzo Sep 26 '14 at 14:53

Codeigniter - File Upload and GoDaddy

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