finfo_buffer

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

Return information about a string buffer

string finfo_buffer ( resource $finfo, string $string = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )

Procedural style

Object oriented style

public string finfo::buffer ( string $string = NULL [, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )

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

Parameters:

finfo

Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().

string

Content of a file to be checked.

options

One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

context

One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

Returns:

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

Examples:

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