On January 3, 2003 12:18 pm, Michael Montero wrote: > Is there a built in function in PHP that mimicks the UNIX file command? > For instance, I run : > > file blah.jpg > > and I get this: > > blah.jpg: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01, resolution (DPI), 72 x 72
For identifying images there is already getimagesize() that will fetch information about number of commonly used file formats. There is also a mime_magic extension that uses the same database as the one used by UNIX file command to identify a variety of files. Ilia -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
