FILEUP

F diff --git a/loggedin.js b/loggedin.js
--- a/loggedin.js
+++ b/loggedin.js
      xhr.send(data);
  }
  
- function new_folder() {
-     var dirname = prompt(`Directory name`, "New Folder");
-     if (!dirname)
-         return;
- 
-     var data = new FormData();
-     data.append('parent_directory', get_path());
-     data.append('dirname', dirname);
- 
-     var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-     xhr.open('POST', '/php/mkdir.php', true);
-     xhr.onload = function () {
-         load_dir();
-     };
-     xhr.send(data);
- }
- 
  function add_file_visuals(name, is_directory, mimetype) {
      var fileDiv = document.createElement('div');
  
F diff --git a/loggedin.php b/loggedin.php
--- a/loggedin.php
+++ b/loggedin.php
          <h2 style="display: flex; gap: 0rem;">
              <button id="upload_btn" onclick="begin_upload()">Upload</button>
              <div class="separator"></div>
-             <button id="upload_btn" onclick="new_folder()">New Folder</button>
+             <button id="upload_btn" onclick="begin_upload()">New Folder</button>
              <div class="separator"></div>
              <div class="path" id="the_path">
+                 <!-- <a class="pathentry" href="#"> /</a><a class="pathentry" href="#">foo/</a><a class="pathentry" href="#">bar</a> -->
                  <button class="pathentry" onclick="pwd.length = 0; load_dir();"><?php echo $_SESSION['username'] ?>'s files</button>
              </div>
          </h2>
F diff --git a/php/database.php b/php/database.php
--- a/php/database.php
+++ b/php/database.php
  			}
  		}
  		/*returns the file name as it must be in the filesystem relative to the storage root*/
- 		function create_file_node(string $filename,string $note,int $dir_id,User $user): string
+ 		function create_file_node(string $filename,string $note,int $dir_id,string $mimetype,User $user): string
  		{
  			global $storage_root;
  			/*checkout the directory*/
F diff --git a/php/file_type_recogniser.php b/php/file_type_recogniser.php
--- a/php/file_type_recogniser.php
+++ b/php/file_type_recogniser.php
  
  function file_type($path_to_file) {
  	$file_type_database = new finfo(FILEINFO_SYMLINK|FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
- 	return $file_type_database->file($path_to_file);
+ 		return $file_type_database->file($path_to_file);
  }
  
  
F diff --git a/php/upload.php b/php/upload.php
--- a/php/upload.php
+++ b/php/upload.php
  <?php 
  require_once "database.php";
  require_once "configuration.php";
+ require_once "file_type_recogniser.php";
  
  session_start();
  if (!isset( $_POST["filename"]) || !isset($_FILES["the_file"]))
  $filename=$_POST["filename"];
  $user=$_SESSION['user_object'];
  $homedir=$user->home_directory;
+ $mimetype=file_type($file['tmp_name']);
  
  
- $codename=$database->create_file_node($filename,"",$homedir,$user);
+ $codename=$database->create_file_node($filename,"",$homedir,$mimetype,$user);
  if($codename=="error")
  {
  	error_log("could not create file_node in upload.php");