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finfo_open

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(PHP >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)

Create a new finfo instance

Description

Procedural

finfo_open(int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, string|null $magic_database = null): finfo|false

Oop (constructor):

finfo::__construct(int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, string|null $magic_database = null)

This function opens a magic database and returns its instance.

Parameters

flags

One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

magic_database

Name of a magic database file, usually something like /path/to/magic.mime. If not specified, the MAGIC environment variable is used. If the environment variable isn't set, then PHP's bundled magic database will be used.

Passing null or an empty string will be equivalent to the default value.

Return Values

(Procedural style only) Returns an finfo instance on success,Falseforfailure.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.1.0	Returns an `finfo` instance now; previously, a Resource was returned.
8.0.3	`magic_database` is nullable now.

Examples

Oop

php

<?php
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic"); // return mime type ala mimetype extension

/* get mime-type for a specific file */
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
echo $finfo->file($filename);

?>

Procedural

php

<?php
$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic"); // return mime type ala mimetype extension

if (!$finfo) {
    echo "Opening fileinfo database failed";
    exit();
}

/* get mime-type for a specific file */
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename);

/* close connection */
finfo_close($finfo);
?>

The above example will output:

output

text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Notes

Note

Generally, using the bundled magic database (by leaving magic_database and the MAGIC environment variables unset) is the best course of action unless you specifically need a custom magic database.