Class: I2CE MimeTypes

This article describes the class I2CE_MimeTypes.

• Location: Part of the module MimeTypes in the package I2CE
• Source: Defined in the file modules/MimeTypes/lib/I2CE_MimeTypes.php
• Author: Carl Leitner <litlfred@ibiblio.org>

class that will handle trying to figure out mime types in various ways.

Variables

$finfo

protected static @var finfo $finfo. See http://us2.php.net/fileinfo

• Type: static protected $finfo

$extToMimeTypes

protected static @var array $extToMimeTypes an array with keys file extensions and values mime types

• Type: static protected $extToMimeTypes

Methods

extToMimeType()

Given a file extension, it determine the mime-type

• Signature: static public function extToMimeType($ext)
• Parameters:
  • string $ext
    Either a file name or extension
• Returns: string
  The mime-type, or null if not found.

loadMimeTypes()

Loads in the file containing mime types and extensions

• Signature: static protected function loadMimeTypes()

magicMimeType()

Tries to determine the file type magically

• Signature: static public function magicMimeType($data)
• Parameters:
  • string $data
• Returns: a
  string, the mime type, or null if none was found.

mimeTypeToExt()

Get a file extension for the associated mime type

• Signature: static public function mimeTypeToExt($mime_type)
• Parameters:
  • string $mime_type
• Returns: mixed.
  String, the extension, on success, false on failure