if ((($_FILES['profile_picture']['type'] == 'image/gif') || ($_FILES['profile_picture']['type'] == 'image/jpeg') || ($_FILES['profile_picture']['type'] == 'image/png')))

function checkFile() {
   var filename = document.getElementById("upload_file").value;
   var ext = getExt(filename);
 //  alert(filename.files[0].filesize);
  // alert(ext);
   if(ext == "gif" || ext == "jpg" || ext=="png")
      return true;
   alert("Please upload .gif, .jpg and .png files only.");
   document.getElementById("upload_file").value='';
   return false;
}

function getExt(filename) {
   var dot_pos = filename.lastIndexOf(".");
   if(dot_pos == -1)
      return "";
   return filename.substr(dot_pos+1).toLowerCase();
}

$type =array('jpg','gif');

foreach($type as $val){

if($_FILES['filename']['type'] == 'image/$val')
{
echo "its an image file";
}
else{
echo "invalid image file"
}