php man page for finfo_buffer

FINFO_BUFFER(3) 							 1							   FINFO_BUFFER(3)

finfo_buffer - Return information about a string buffer

       Procedural style

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

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

	This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.

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

	      o $string
		- Content of a file to be checked.

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

	      o $context
		-

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

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A finfo_buffer(3) example

	      <?php
	      $finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
	      echo $finfo->buffer($_POST["script"]) . "
";
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      application/x-sh; charset=us-ascii

SEE ALSO
       finfo_file(3).

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