mime type still reported?

[Ken Williams]

I have a web page with a file upload form.

Does IE still report "application/vnd.ms-excel" for excel files
(file.xls) even if excel has not been installed on the computer yet? Or
does it get reported as application/octet-stream or whatever.

Thanks

 

[Neredbojias]

I have a web page with a file upload form.

Does IE still report "application/vnd.ms-excel" for excel files
(file.xls) even if excel has not been installed on the computer yet? Or
does it get reported as application/octet-stream or whatever.

By default - I don't know, but you can easily change it in "folder
options".

 

[Jim Higson]

I have a web page with a file upload form.

Does IE still report "application/vnd.ms-excel" for excel files
(file.xls) even if excel has not been installed on the computer yet? Or
does it get reported as application/octet-stream or whatever.

You probably shouldn't trust the MIME type the server sends for security
reasons anyway. The mimemagic module in Apache can be used to get the type
by looking at the contents of the file.