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I cannot get any files to upload to a folder. get the following error.

The filetype you are attempting to upload is not allowed.

tried pdf, jpg, png, txt no luck.

check permissions, set to 777.

Thoughts?

Hello Chromatic Color,

Thank you for asking your question here in the ExpressionEngine forums.

This is a strange error in that I have not seen the upload fail on a file type like a jpg or png.

Even though the error is calling out file type, I would like to check a few things in general.

1. Check the file upload destination and make sure the path is right. I know this is an obvious one, but it has snuck up on me a few times.
2. Can you make sure that system/expressionengine/config/mimes.php is there. I know for sure that jpg and png are in there so it’s not that, but that message makes me thing that maybe the file is not there or readable.
3. This would not throw this error, in fact it would throw a very specific error, but let’s check it anyway. 😊 Make sure your php settings allow for uploading medium to large files. I will put some information about that at the end.

Please check those few things and let me know.

memory_limit
This sets the maximum amount of memory in bytes that a script is allowed to allocate.
Default size 5.3 in is “8M”

post_max_size (must be greater than upload_max_filesize)
Sets max size of post data allowed. This setting also affects file upload.
Default size in 5.3 is “128M”

upload_max_filesize
The maximum size of an uploaded file.

max_execution_time
This sets the maximum time in seconds a script is allowed to run before it is terminated by the parser.
Default setting in 5.3 is “30”

Cheers,