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finfo_buffer

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL fileinfo >= 0.1.0)

finfo_buffer -- finfo::buffer — Return information about a string buffer

Procedural style

finfo_buffer(
 finfo $finfo,
 string $string,
 int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE,
 ?resource $context = null
): string|false

Object-oriented style

public finfo::buffer(string $string, int $flags = FILEINFO_NONE, ?resource $context = null): string|false

This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.

Returns a textual description of the string argument, or false if an error occurred.

Version	Description
8.1.0	The `finfo` parameter expects an finfo instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
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