File Upload Wildcards?

Is there a wildcard option for valid file types for file upload? I have a form that needs to accept a large number of file types, and there are 4 upload buttons, so my code currently looks like this for each file upload button:

file1:tif|csv|doc|epg|gif|tiff|jpg|odg|odp|ods|odt|pdf|png|ppt|swf|txt|xcf|xls|fon|zip|ai|psd|eps|qxd|cdr|cdt|pub|fh4|fh5|fh6|fh7|fh8|fh9|fh10|ind|indd{10000-1}

Is there a way to do wildcards? I really don't care what kind of file the user uploads, so something like this would be nice:

file1:???{10000-1}

Hi David,

There's no wild-card, there used to be a * in an earlier version but it was removed as it opens up a big security hole.

I think that it's probably possible to hack the core to allow an pre-approved list but I'm not sure where and my editor is misbehaving this morning. I'll look later once i have it fixed.

Bob

Hi David,

This is a slightly obscure workaround but seems to be OK. You can change the file uploads string in the Server-side Validation Box (that's the obscure bit but it's the only opportunity you have to make the change before the file uploads are processed).

<?php
$MyForm =& CFChronoForm::getInstance();
$MyForm->setFormParam('uploadfields', 'file_1:doc|pdf{1000-0}');
?>

You can put something short in the file-uploads box and then paste the full code in here and it will replace the code in the file uploads box.

This isn't a wild card but it does bring the string under PHP control and you can manipulate it more or less as you like.

Bob

Thanks, Bob. Now that I understand the reason you removed the wildcard, I think I'll just follow along with that wisdom (security is good) and suck it up. I've typed 'em in manually.