finfo_file
    (PECL)
finfo_file -- Return information about a file
Description
string 
finfo_file ( resource finfo, string file_name [, int options [, resource context]] )
class 
finfo { 
string 
file ( string file_name [, int options [, resource context]] )
}
   This function is used to get information about a file.
  
Return Values
   Returns a textual description of the contents of the
   filename argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
  
Examples
   
| Example 1. A finfo_file() example | 
<?php$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME); // return mime type ala mimetype extension
 foreach (glob("*") as $filename) {
 echo finfo_file($finfo, $filename) . "\n";
 }
 finfo_close($finfo);
 ?>
 | 
 The above example will output 
something similar to: | text/html
image/gif
application/vnd.ms-excel | 
 |