mime_content_type
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
mime_content_type — Detect MIME Content-type for a file (deprecated)
Description
string mime_content_type
( string $filename
)
Parameters
-
filename
-
Path to the tested file.
Return Values
Returns the content type in MIME format, like
text/plain or application/octet-stream.
Notes
Warning
This function has been deprecated as the PECL extension
Fileinfo provides the same
functionality (and more) in a much cleaner way.
Examples
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: