Doc #64799 [Opn->Dup]: Discussion of magic file selection is incorrect.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64799&edit=1 ID: 64799 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: weierophinney@php.net Summary: Discussion of magic file selection is incorrect. -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: 5.4.15 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Sorry, hadn't gotten this far in my bugmail when I reopened the other bug. Closing in favour of bug #64793. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-05-09 13:12:35] weierophinney@php.net Additionally, a note should likely be added stating something along the lines of "If finfo_open is raising warnings or errors, you may want to unset your $MAGIC environment variable to force usage of PHP's bundled magic.mime database." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-05-09 13:11:24] weierophinney@php.net Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.finfo-open#refsect1- function.finfo-open-parameters --- Please see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64793 for more details. Essentially, the following statements are incorrect: "Name of a magic database file, usually something like /path/to/magic.mime. If not specified, the MAGIC environment variable is used. If this variable is not set either, /usr/share/misc/magic is used by default. A .mime and/or .mgc suffix is added if needed. Passing NULL or an empty string will be equivalent to the default value." If null or an empty string is passed, PHP uses its bundled magic.mime database. Additionally, this is _recommended_, as PHP may or may not be able to properly parse other magic.mime databases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64799&edit=1