From 4fcd101c5fa90c8ee8d06fcd434132fabaede5df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "venkatesh.r" <venkatesh.r@venbainfotech.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:57:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] FIX_ISSUE

---
 app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php | 14 +++++++-------
 app/Helpers/utility_helper.php             | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
index 1581c02e..0b1d2fbf 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
@@ -4586,15 +4586,15 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
 
         // Prepare data
         $data = [
-            'client_id'        => $this->request->getPost('client_id'),
-            'client_branch_id' => $this->request->getPost('client_branch_id'),
-            'policy_id'        => $this->request->getPost('policy_id'),
-            'policy_no'        => $this->request->getPost('policy_no'),
+            'client_id'        => $post_data['client_id'],
+            'client_branch_id' => $post_data['client_branch_id'],
+            'policy_id'        => $post_data['policy_id'],
+            'policy_no'        => $post_data['policy_no'],
             'file_name'        => $newFileName,
-            'file_action'      => $this->request->getPost('file_action'),
+            'file_action'      => $post_data['file_action'],
             'status'           => 'Yet to start',
-            'created_by'       => $this->request->getPost('created_by'),
-            'updated_by'       => $this->request->getPost('created_by'),
+            'created_by'       => $post_data['created_by'],
+            'updated_by'       => $post_data['created_by'],
         ];
 
         // Save into DB
diff --git a/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php b/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
index 919fd49c..b23a8338 100755
--- a/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
@@ -948,9 +948,25 @@ if (!function_exists('validateExcelFile')) {
     function validateExcelFile($file)
     {
         $allowed = [
-            'application/vnd.ms-excel',
-            'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet',
-            'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet'
+            // Standard Excel Formats
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel',                                         // .xls
+            'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet', // .xlsx
+            'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet',                   // .ods (OpenDocument)
+
+            // Macro-Enabled & Specialized Formats
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12',                   // .xlsm
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12',                // .xltm
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12',            // .xlsb
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12',                   // .xlam
+
+            // Common "Edge Case" and Legacy Types
+            'application/excel',                                                // Legacy
+            'application/x-excel',                                              // Legacy/Vendor
+            'application/x-msexcel',                                            // Legacy/Vendor
+            'application/x-ms-excel',                                           // Legacy/Vendor
+            'application/x-dos_ms_excel',                                       // Very old legacy
+            'text/xls',                                                         // Common mislabel
+            'text/xlsx'                                                         // Common mislabel
         ];
 
         // if ($file->getError() !== UPLOAD_ERR_OK) return 'Upload error';