finfo_open
finfo->__construct
(PECL fileinfo:0.1-1.0.4)
finfo_open -- finfo->__construct — Create a new fileinfo resource
Description
Procedural style
resource finfo_open
([ int $options
[, string $arg
]] )
finfo
__construct
([ int $options
[, string $magic_file
]] )
This function opens a magic database and returns its resource.
Parameters
-
options
-
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo
constants.
-
magic_file
-
Name of a magic database file, usually something like
/path/to/magic.mime. If not specified,
the MAGIC environment variable is used. If this variable
is not set either, /usr/share/misc/magic is used by default.
A .mime and/or .mgc suffix is added if
needed.
Return Values
Returns a magic database resource on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Object oriented style
<?php
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic"); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
if (!$finfo) {
echo "Opening fileinfo database failed";
exit();
}
/* get mime-type for a specific file */
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
echo $finfo->file($filename);
/* close connection */
$finfo->close();
?>
Example #2 Procedural style
<?php
$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic"); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
if (!$finfo) {
echo "Opening fileinfo database failed";
exit();
}
/* get mime-type for a specific file */
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename);
/* close connection */
finfo_close($finfo);
?>
The above example will output:
