(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_buffer ( resource $finfo , string $string [, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource|null $context = null ]] ) : string|false
Object oriented style
public finfo::buffer ( string $string [, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource|null $context = null ]] ) : string|false
This 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
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