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Description

string finfo_file ( resource $finfo , string $file_name [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )

finfo

string file ( string $file_name [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )

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); // 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

finfo_file

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