The finfo class

The finfo class

Introduction

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)

This class provides an object-oriented interface into the fileinfo functions.

Class synopsis

class finfo {

/* Methods */

public __construct(int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, ?string $magic_database = null)

public buffer(string $string, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, ?resource $context = null): string|false

public file(string $filename, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, ?resource $context = null): string|false

public set_flags(int $flags): bool

}

Table of Contents

• finfo::buffer — Alias of finfo_buffer()
• finfo::__construct — Alias of finfo_open
• finfo::file — Alias of finfo_file()
• finfo::set_flags — Alias of finfo_set_flags()

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