(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)
finfo_buffer -- finfo::buffer — Return information about a string buffer
Procedural style
$finfo
, string $string
[, int $flags
= FILEINFO_NONE
[, resource|null $context
= NULL
]] ) : string|falseObject oriented style
$string
[, int $flags
= FILEINFO_NONE
[, resource|null $context
= NULL
]] ) : string|falseThis function is used to get information about binary data in a string.
finfo
Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().
string
Content of a file to be checked.
flags
One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.
context
Returns a textual description of the string
argument, or FALSE
if an error occurred.
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 |
context is nullable now.
|
Example #1 A finfo_buffer() example
<?php
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
echo $finfo->buffer($_POST["script"]) . "\n";
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
application/x-sh; charset=us-ascii