note 69083 modified in ref.pdf by bjori

From: Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:23:10 +0000
Subject: note 69083 modified in ref.pdf by bjori
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Here is a function to test whether a file is a PDF without using any external library. <?php define('PDF_MAGIC', "\\x25\\x50\\x44\\x46\\x2D"); function is_pdf($filename) { return (file_get_contents($filename, false, null, 0, strlen(PDF_MAGIC)) === PDF_MAGIC) ? true : false; } ?> It's not checking if the whole file is valid, just if the correct header is present at the beginning of the file. --was-- Here is a function to test whether a file is a PDF without using any external library. <?php function is_pdf($filename) { define('PDF_MAGIC', "\\x25\\x50\\x44\\x46\\x2D"); return (file_get_contents($filename, false, null, 0, strlen(PDF_MAGIC)) === PDF_MAGIC) ? true : false; } ?> It's not checking if the whole file is valid, just if the correct header is present at the beginning of the file. http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php

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