finfo_file
(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
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
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 filename 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