Excel Mime Type

I am creating a web-based application and the PHP server needs a bit of information that is provided by the browser, the mime type of a file upload, particularly an Excel file.
In Safari 3, on my Mac, the mime type for .xls files is application/vnd.ms-excel and using this in my code works perfectly. However, I'm not sure this is the same for a Windows based Safari 3. This would change wouldn't it? Im guessing that the mime type for Windows is application/excel but I would like confirmation please. Can someone confirm the mime type for .xls files using Safari 3 for Windows?
Thanks for reading, and have a great holiday season!

wow, i forgot about this post, but just noticed that i had an unresolved question. i found my answer, it's the same mime type for windows as it is for mac. application/vnd.ms-excel

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<br><br>
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[email protected]

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"Kumar Allamraju" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
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Jed Zimmer

How to specify application by extension rather than mime type (e.g., docx as word, not xml)

When I try to open a link to a file.docx or file.xlsx, FF sees it as an xml file and wants to open it in my default xml application. I can select Word or Excel (I have Office 2010 installed), but a) it doesn't remember that in the applications list, so I have to browse applications each time, or b) if I set it to always use that type, it tries to open docx in Excel or xlsx in Word, depending on last usage. How can I specify applications by file extension instead of seeing these as the same type of file?
Thanks,
Ian
FF 15.0.1, Win 7, Office 2010

I don't know if the source server sends the right mime type - it probably doesn't. In fact, now you mention it, I'm not sure I've tried this from any sites except one, which is the one giving me problems. I'll try contacting them about fixing their mime types. Assuming though that they can't or won't fix it, the question still remains - is it possible to set application by extension rather than by mime type?
Yeah, I can definitely save it and open it, just trying to take the easiest possible route for a quick view.
Thanks.

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