Getting MIME type of a file

PHP
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The PHP manual is sending me in circles. It says mime_content_type() has been deprecated and to use Fileinfo. The page on Fileinfo sends me back to mime_content_type!

2

The Fileinfo page seems to suggest finfo_file!

3

If you are sure you’re only ever working with images, you can check out the getimagesize() PHP function, which attempts to return the image mime-type.

or

If you want the mime type when you upload the files then you can use $_FILES[‘filename’][‘type’]

or

echo system('file -ib '. ‘test.php’);

4

Thanks guys. It’s a file on the server - in most cases probably a PDF. I’m trying to make sense of finfo_file()…