Uploading a csv into Codeigniter

You may get an error " the file type you are attempting to upload is not allowed " when upload csv file in codeigniter

Kindly change the array value of csv in your application/config/mimes.php

Put the follwing code

'csv'   =>  array('application/vnd.ms-excel', 'text/anytext', 'text/plain', 'text/x-comma-separated-values', 'text/comma-separated-values', 'application/octet-stream', 'application/vnd.ms-excel', 'application/x-csv', 'text/x-csv', 'text/csv', 'application/csv', 'application/excel', 'application/vnd.msexcel'),

Enjoy it ....