(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
finfo_buffer — Return information about a string buffer
This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
Content of a file to be checked.
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
Returns a textual description of the string argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
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