Only accept excel files when importing

[alejandromora99]

Hi, I'm trying to validate the errors that pop up when trying to upload a wrong file, for example when uploading a .png, I'm doing this:

public function upload_excel(Request $request)
    {
        try{
            Excel::import(new ProductsImport, $request->file('products_file'));
        }catch(NoTypeDetectedException $e){
            return back()
            ->withErrors('error');
            
        }    
    }

but I get errors when uploading .exe files, like this:

PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception
Failed to load C:\laragon\www\controlstock\storage\framework\cache\laravel-excel\laravel-excel-RAku18zFGtvUCigmnBv3b1lJRN8bctBI.tmp as a DOM Document

Is there any other way to only accept excel files for example?

[farshadff]

can you please try to upload the file before sending it to the import class some thing like below :

   $fileName = uniqid().'.xlsx';
        $request->file('file')->move(storage_path('/excels'),$fileName);
            Excel::import(new ProductsImport, $fileName));

give this one a try and see if it solves the problem .

[patrickbrouwers]

You should validate it yourself using Laravel's request validation (mime type)