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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

finfo_buffer

(PECL fileinfo:0.1-1.0.4)

finfo_buffer — Return information about a string buffer

Description

string finfo_buffer ( resource $finfo , string $string [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )
finfo
string buffer ( string $string [, int $options [, resource $context ]] )

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

Parameters

finfo

Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().

string

Content of a file to be checked.

options

One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

context

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 A finfo_buffer() example

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

The above example will output something similar to:

application/x-sh

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