finfo_buffer
finfo_buffer
finfo::buffer
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
finfo_buffer -- finfo::buffer — Return information about a string buffer
Description
Procedural style
string finfo_buffer ( resource $finfo , string $string = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )
Object oriented style
public string finfo::buffer ( string $string = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )
This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.
Parameters
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finfo -
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
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string -
Content of a file to be checked.
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options -
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
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context
Return Values
Returns a textual description of the string argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
Examples
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; charset=us-ascii
See Also
- finfo_file() - Alias of finfo_file()
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