(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
mime_content_type — Detect MIME Content-type for a file (deprecated)
$filename
)Returns the MIME content type for a file as determined by using information from the magic.mime file.
filename
Path to the tested file.
Returns the content type in MIME format, like text/plain or application/octet-stream.
This function has been deprecated as the PECL extension Fileinfo provides the same functionality (and more) in a much cleaner way.
Example #1 mime_content_type() Example
<?php
echo mime_content_type('php.gif') . "\n";
echo mime_content_type('test.php');
?>
The above example will output:
image/gif text/plain