Predefined Constants

The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

FILEINFO_NONE (integer)

No special handling.

FILEINFO_SYMLINK (integer)

Follow symlinks.

FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE (integer)

Return the mime type. Available since PHP 5.3.0.

FILEINFO_MIME_ENCODING (integer)

Return the mime encoding of the file. Available since PHP 5.3.0.

FILEINFO_MIME (integer)

Return the mime type and mime encoding as defined by RFC 2045.

FILEINFO_COMPRESS (integer)

Decompress compressed files. Disabled since PHP 5.3.0 due to thread safety issues.

FILEINFO_DEVICES (integer)

Look at the contents of blocks or character special devices.

FILEINFO_CONTINUE (integer)

Return all matches, not just the first.

FILEINFO_PRESERVE_ATIME (integer)

If possible preserve the original access time.

FILEINFO_RAW (integer)

Don't translate unprintable characters to a \ooo octal representation.

FILEINFO_EXTENSION (integer)

Returns the file extension appropiate for a the MIME type detected in the file. For types that commonly have multiple file extensions, such as JPEG images, then the return value is multiple extensions separated by a forward slash e.g.: "jpeg/jpg/jpe/jfif". For unknown types not available in the magic.mime database, then return value is "???". Available since PHP 7.2.0.