(PECL)
This function is used to get information about a file.
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
Name of a file to be checked.
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
For a description of contexts, refer to Reference CL, Stream Functions.
Returns a textual description of the contents of the filename argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
Example 1. A finfo_file() example
<?php$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME); // return mime type ala mimetype extensionforeach (glob("*") as $filename) { echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename) . "\n";}finfo_close($finfo);?>
The above example will output something similar to:
text/html image/gif application/vnd.ms-excel
