Php/docs/function.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
finfo_file
( resource $finfo
, string $filename
[, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE
[, resource|null $context = NULL
]] ) : string|false
Object oriented style
public finfo::file
( string $filename
[, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE
[, resource|null $context = NULL
]] ) : string|false
This function is used to get information about a file.
Parameters
finfo- Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
filename- Name of a file to be checked.
flags- One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
context- For a description of
contexts, refer to Stream Functions.
Return Values
Returns a textual description of the contents of the
filename argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | context is nullable now.
|
Examples
Example #1 A finfo_file() example
<?php$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE); // return mime type ala mimetype extensionforeach (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
