Laravel File Upload Validation

Question

I'm new to Laravel. I have a form with a File upload function on it. How can I validate their file? I will only allowed Microsoft Word files. Here's my validation code. I just want check if they insert a ms word file and if not it will not be processed. ``` public function store() { // Validate $rules = array( 'pda' => 'required|unique:forms', 'controlnum' => 'required|unique:forms', 'date' => 'required', 'churchname' => 'required', 'title' => 'required', 'pastorname' => 'required', 'contactnum' => 'required', 'address' => 'required', 'state' => 'required', 'region' => 'required', 'area' => 'required', 'city' => 'required', 'zipcode' => 'required|numeric|max:9999', 'tgjteachertraining' => 'required', 'localcontact' => 'required', 'tgjdatestart' => 'required', 'tgjdateend' => 'required', 'tgjcourse' => 'required|numeric', 'childrengraduated' => 'required|numeric|max:450', 'childrenacceptjesus' => 'required|numeric', 'howmanycomitted' => 'required|numeric', 'recievedbibles' => 'required…

Accepted Answer

To validate mime type of a file input in Laravel you can use the `mimes` rule. Remember to match the mime type detected with the actual mime of file you provide. It may vary on different servers.

For example, you want to enable adding and word document in you form:

1) in `config/mimes.php` add the below mime types:

```
    'doc'  => array('application/msword', 'application/vnd.ms-office'),
    'docx' => array('application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document', 'application/zip'), 
```

2) in your validation `$rules` add the following elements:

```
    'file' => 'required|max:10000|mimes:doc,docx' //a required, max 10000kb, doc or docx file
```

Laravel File Upload Validation

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