php man page for finfo_file

FINFO_FILE(3)								 1							     FINFO_FILE(3)

finfo_file - Return information about a file

       Procedural style

SYNOPSIS
       string finfo_file NULL NULL (resource  $finfo, string  $file_name, [int	$options = FILEINFO_NONE], [resource  $context])

DESCRIPTION
       Object oriented style string finfo::file NULL NULL (string  $file_name, [int  $options = FILEINFO_NONE], [resource  $context])

	This function is used to get information about a file.

PARAMETERS
	      o $finfo
		- Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open(3).

	      o $file_name
		- Name of a file to be checked.

	      o $options
		- One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

	      o $context
		- For a description of contexts, refer to "Stream Functions".

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a textual description of the contents of the $file_name argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A finfo_file(3) example

	      <?php
	      $finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
	      foreach (glob("*") as $filename) {
		  echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename) . "
";
	      }
	      finfo_close($finfo);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      text/html
	      image/gif
	      application/vnd.ms-excel

SEE ALSO
       finfo_buffer(3).

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