Allowing .exe files to be uploaded - mime types
How Do I?
Hi,
I’m building a “downloads” page for a client and some of the downloads are .exe files which, by default, are not allowed file types.
I’ve tried adding .exe mime types to:
system/ee/EllisLab/ExpressionEngine/Config/mimes.php
…but still get a ‘File not allowed’ message when trying to upload an .exe file.
These are the mime types I’ve tried adding to the mimes.php whitelist:
application/x-msdownload application/octet-stream application/x-zip-compressed application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
…none of which appear to work for me. Any ideas where I’m going wrong?
Many thanks,
Andy
Your mime types look ok, check to see if your upload directory is set to allow “All files”.
Thanks for your reply, Rob. Yes, the directory is set to allow ‘All Files’ – I can upload PDFs to it without any issues.
I’d check and see what it’s seeing those files as. FTP one up- then go to a template, turn php parsing on, and put this:
<?php
ee()->load->library('mime_type');
$path = '/Users/robinb/sites/exp5/exp-bad.pdf';
$out = ee()->mime_type->ofFile($path);
print_r($out);
?>Change the $path so it’s the path to the exe file you ftp’d up. Just see what it prints out. I tested with a pdf and I got: application/pdf
Hi Robin,
Many thanks for your response, much appreciated. I followed your advice and found out the mime type was ‘application/x-dosexec’. I added this to /Config/mimes.php and all is good now!
A huge thank you!
I swear, they don’t make dealing with mime type easy! Glad that’s got you working.
It certainly had me baffled! Thanks for your guidance 👍