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Get Mime-Type for image-type returned by getimagesize, exif_read_data, exif_thumbnail, exif_imagetype

image_type_to_extension

GD and Image Functions

image_type_to_mime_type

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

image_type_to_mime_type — Get Mime-Type for image-type returned by getimagesize, exif_read_data, exif_thumbnail, exif_imagetype

Description

string image_type_to_mime_type ( int $imagetype )

The image_type_to_mime_type() function will determine the Mime-Type for an IMAGETYPE constant.

Parameters

imagetype: One of the IMAGETYPE_XXX constants.

Return Values

The returned values are as follows

**Returned values Constants**
`imagetype`	Returned value
`IMAGETYPE_GIF`	image/gif
`IMAGETYPE_JPEG`	image/jpeg
`IMAGETYPE_PNG`	image/png
`IMAGETYPE_SWF`	application/x-shockwave-flash
`IMAGETYPE_PSD`	image/psd
`IMAGETYPE_BMP`	image/bmp
`IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II` (intel byte order)	image/tiff
`IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM` (motorola byte order)	image/tiff
`IMAGETYPE_JPC`	application/octet-stream
`IMAGETYPE_JP2`	image/jp2
`IMAGETYPE_JPX`	application/octet-stream
`IMAGETYPE_JB2`	application/octet-stream
`IMAGETYPE_SWC`	application/x-shockwave-flash
`IMAGETYPE_IFF`	image/iff
`IMAGETYPE_WBMP`	image/vnd.wap.wbmp
`IMAGETYPE_XBM`	image/xbm
`IMAGETYPE_ICO`	image/vnd.microsoft.icon

Examples

Example #1 image_type_to_mime_type() example

 <?php
header("Content-type: " . image_type_to_mime_type(IMAGETYPE_PNG));
?>

Notes

Note: This function does not require the GD image library.

See Also

getimagesize() - Get the size of an image
exif_imagetype() - Determine the type of an image
exif_read_data() - Reads the EXIF headers from JPEG or TIFF
exif_thumbnail() - Retrieve the embedded thumbnail of a TIFF or JPEG image

image_type_to_extension

GD and Image Functions

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