Bug #54241 [Com]: PHP fails with newer fileinfo magic files

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54241&edit=1 ID: 54241 Comment by: devurandom at gmx dot net Reported by: olemarkus at gentoo dot org Summary: PHP fails with newer fileinfo magic files Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related PHP Version: 5.3.6RC3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: See-Also: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66095 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-13 11:29:18] olemarkus at gentoo dot org Description: ------------ PHP fails if one use the magic file shipped with file 5.05. The reason is that newer version(s) of file use libmagic version unsupported by the one bundled with PHP Test script: --------------- <?php $fileinfo=new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc"); var_dump($fileinfo->file("/tmp/test.jpg")); ?> Expected result: ---------------- string(26) "image/jpeg; charset=binary" Actual result: -------------- Warning: finfo::finfo(): Failed to load magic database at '/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc'. in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/fileinfo.php on line 2 Warning: finfo::file(): The invalid fileinfo object. in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/fileinfo.php on line 3 bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54241&edit=1