finfo_buffer
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
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
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
- finfo
-
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
- string
-
Content of a file to be checked.
- options
-
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
- 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