(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
finfo_buffer -- finfo::buffer — Return information about a string buffer
Procedural style
$finfo
, string $string
, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE
, resource|null $context = null
) : string|falseObject oriented style
$string
, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE
, resource|null $context = null
) : string|falseThis function is used to get information about binary data in a string.
finfoFileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
stringContent of a file to be checked.
flagsOne or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
context
Returns a textual description of the string
argument, or false if an error occurred.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
context is nullable now.
|
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; charset=us-ascii