Fileinfo extension

zeroxmxi

The mime magic extension has been flagged deprecated and we are advised to use the fileinfo extension instead if we want to look up the mime type of a file. Problem is the fileinfo extension has been enabled, fileinfo_open has been guided to point to the mime magic file, but it still doesn't work. I had to use mime magic extension instead. But I want to find out if I can use something more appropriate than this deprecated library.

After googling a bit, it seems that libmagic is required for this. However, I can't find a win32 port of libmagic. Anybody have any ideas?

I'm running Apache 2.2.3, PHP 5.2.0 RC5, Windows XP Professional SP2

Jasp182

on linux, i use a call to the shell with [man]shell_exec[/man]. the bash command i use is file, so i'm not sure if dos gives you a similar command. i heard there's a program (was it Cygwin or something like that?) that lets you run a Bash shell on Windows, but I have no experience with that and I don't know if you want to go that far just to get the mime type of a file.

the [man]shell_exec[/man] manual seems to have some comments from windows users, so maybe there is more info there

Weedpacket

Hmmmm.... did you have a look at the [man]fileinfo[/man] page? Some of the user notes in the manual can be quite useful (that's why they're there). With those in hand I had no trouble in not only finding php_fileinfo.dll and installing it (which involved the esoteric task of copying the file to PHP's extension folder and adding a line for it in php.ini), but also fixing the magic.mime file (that came with PHP) so that it wouldn't cause problems in Windows. In fact my biggest problem was Windows Explorer having trouble with the difficult task of keeping the right window in focus when more than four were open at the same time.

zeroxmxi

Yes, I did read through the notes regarding fileinfo, but the fact that it didn't work surprises me. I have ensured the extension copied and loaded. phpinfo() says it's enabled, I pasted some code from the examples, doesn't work at all.

I believe I need something like libmagic in order for this to work. But I can't be sure. Still need help on this topic though, it's unsolved.