finfo_file
finfo_file
finfo::file
(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
finfo_file -- finfo::file — Return information about a file
Description
Procedural style
string finfo_file ( resource $finfo , string $file_name = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )
Object oriented style
public string finfo::file ( string $file_name = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )
This function is used to get information about a file.
Parameters
-
finfo -
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
-
file_name -
Name of a file to be checked.
-
options -
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
-
context -
For a description of contexts, refer to Stream Functions.
Return Values
Returns a textual description of the contents of the file_name argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
Examples
Example #1 A finfo_file() example
<?php
$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
foreach (glob("*") as $filename) {
echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename) . "\n";
}
finfo_close($finfo);
?> The above example will output something similar to:
text/html image/gif application/vnd.ms-excel
See Also
- finfo_buffer() - Alias of finfo_buffer()
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