Re: knowing file's mime-type
| From: | Chris Lee | Date: | Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:16:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: knowing file's mime-type | ||
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use exec() and unix's command 'file'
exec("file $filename");
and admire the output :)
http://www.php.net/manual/function.exec.php
Chris Lee
Mediawaveonline.com
"Nikolai Vladychevski" <niko@isl.net.mx> wrote in message
news:3A5C988A.75A690FB@isl.net.mx...
> Hello,
> I am doing my own file manager over the web and for that application I
> need to identify what mime-type has each file that user has on his own
> space. I know I can code some parser of /etc/mime.types and use its data
> to identify mime types by file extension, but first I would like to ask
> if these functions are already included in some libraries or anywhere
> else?
>
> Tanks in advance
>
> Nikolai
>
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