Bug #67731 [Com]: finfo::file() returns invalid mime type for binary files

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67731&edit=1 ID: 67731 Comment by: florian at margaine dot com Reported by: norbert at linuxnetworks dot de Summary: finfo::file() returns invalid mime type for binary files Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: travis-ci PHP Version: 5.6.0RC2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Do you have a file example? I get application/x-executable on a simple compiled (so, binary) file. Test case here if needed: https://github.com/Ralt/php-src/commit/5ddce3b13751a6a4e80f73b9df108137c6e40f9d Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-31 21:10:38] norbert at linuxnetworks dot de Description: ------------ Compared to PHP 5.3 to 5.5, version 5.6RC2 returns a different mime type for binary files: "binary" instead of "application/octet-stream" Test script: --------------- $filename = '<name of binary file>'; $finfo = new finfo( FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE ); $mimetype = $finfo->file( $filename ); echo $mimetype . PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5: application/octet-stream Actual result: -------------- PHP 5.6RC2: binary (invalid as all mimetypes are "type/subtype") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67731&edit=1