mime_content_type
PHP function
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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Detect MIME Content-type for a file
Description
mime_content_type(resource|string $filename): string|false
Returns the MIME content type for a file as determined by using information from the magic.mime file.
Parameters
filenamePath to the tested file.
Return Values
Returns the content type in MIME format, like text/plain or application/octet-stream, Falseforfailure.
Errors/Exceptions Failure
Examples
mime_content_type() Example
php
<?php
echo mime_content_type('php.gif') . "\n";
echo mime_content_type('test.php');
?>The above example will output:
output
image/gif
text/plain