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Dec 01.2004

Ok, here’s a bit of a php newbie question.

What’s the best way to determine a file’s type? Given a path to a file, how do I determine whether it’s a .gif, .jpg, .swf, etc?

Jaelan

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@ShrineDesignsDec 01.2004 — either by the file extension (ex. *.gif), or the mime type (ex. image/gif), the mime type is more reliable than the file extension
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@JaelanauthorDec 02.2004 — Is there any way to get the mime type other than the function: mime_content_type()?

here's my error:

[code=php]
echo mime_content_type($logo); //$logo is defined, and is the path to an image or flash file.
[/code]

It gives the error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mime_content_type() in ....

Jaelan
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@JaelanauthorDec 02.2004 — just a note, too...i'm running php 4.3.2 (an older version, but it should still support the function)

Jaelan
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