I have a JQuery script that validates the upload of avatar images but I need it to prevent the upload of anything other than PNG, JPG & GIF images. Any way of implementing this into the code I have? Here is the code:
$('#addButton').click(function () {
var avatar = $("#avatarupload").val();
if(avatar.length < 1) {
avatarok = 0;
}
//ELSE IF FILE TYPE
else {
avatarok = 1;
}
if(avatarok == 1) {
$('.formValidation').addClass("sending");
$("#form").submit();
}
else {
$('.formValidation').addClass("validationError");
}
return false;
});
This should check the file extension
var extension = avatar.split('.').pop().toUpperCase();
if (extension!="PNG" && extension!="JPG" && extension!="GIF" && extension!="JPEG"){
avatarok = 0;
}
So the full code should looks like
$('#addButton').click(function () {
var avatar = $("#avatarupload").val();
var extension = avatar.split('.').pop().toUpperCase();
if(avatar.length < 1) {
avatarok = 0;
}
else if (extension!="PNG" && extension!="JPG" && extension!="GIF" && extension!="JPEG"){
avatarok = 0;
alert("invalid extension "+extension);
}
else {
avatarok = 1;
}
if(avatarok == 1) {
$('.formValidation').addClass("sending");
$("#form").submit();
}
else {
$('.formValidation').addClass("validationError");
}
return false;
});
You can try for jquery validate for validation which is having accept :
vCategoryImage:{
accept: "image/*"
}