PHP: finfo_buffer function - Return information about a string buffer

string finfo_buffer ( resource $finfo , string $string [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )

finfo

string buffer ( string $string [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )

This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.

Returns a textual description of the string argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.

Example #1 A finfo_buffer() example


<?php
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
echo $finfo->buffer($_POST["script"]) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

application/x-sh

finfo_buffer