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php get extension from file from form submit

Developez answered on June 24, 2022 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 6/10

answer php get extension from file from form submit

php get extension from file from form submit

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function get_mime($file) {
  if (function_exists("finfo_file")) {
    $finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
    $mime = finfo_file($finfo, $file);
    finfo_close($finfo);
    return $mime;
  } else if (function_exists("mime_content_type")) {
    return mime_content_type($file);
  } else if (!stristr(ini_get("disable_functions"), "shell_exec")) {
    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/134930/1593459
    $file = escapeshellarg($file);
    $mime = shell_exec("file -bi " . $file);
    return $mime;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}
//pass the file name as
echo(get_mime($_FILES['file_name']['tmp_name']));

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Source: stackoverflow.com

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