I use this function, which includes several backups, to compensate for older versions of PHP or simply poor results:
function getFileMimeType($file) {
if (function_exists('finfo_file')) {
$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
$type = finfo_file($finfo, $file);
finfo_close($finfo);
} else {
require_once 'upgradephp/ext/mime.php';
$type = mime_content_type($file);
}
if (!$type || in_array($type, array('application/octet-stream', 'text/plain'))) {
$secondOpinion = exec('file -b --mime-type ' . escapeshellarg($file), $foo, $returnCode);
if ($returnCode === 0 && $secondOpinion) {
$type = $secondOpinion;
}
}
if (!$type || in_array($type, array('application/octet-stream', 'text/plain'))) {
require_once 'upgradephp/ext/mime.php';
$exifImageType = exif_imagetype($file);
if ($exifImageType !== false) {
$type = image_type_to_mime_type($exifImageType);
}
}
return $type;
}
PHP finfo. , mime_content_type Upgrade.php, , . , file. AFAIK, * NIX, , Windows. , exif_imagetype .
, mime Upgrade.php mime_content_type . exif_imagetype, , Upgrade.php, . , .