How do you detect image MIME type of an image in a directory?

[Phil Powell]

How do you detect an image MIME type if you know of the image in a
directory? For example, I know of:

[PHP]
if (is_file("$myImagePath/$myImageName")) { // FIND MIME TYPE BUT HOW
I DUNNO
}
[/PHP]

The only way I could think of was to determine the extension of the
image and search through /etc/mime.types, which is horrifically
impractical but the only thing I can think of. What would you suggest
I do?

Thanx
Phil

[Jedi121]

Phil Powell a écrit le 22/03/2004 :

How do you detect an image MIME type if you know of the image in a
directory? For example, I know of:

[PHP]
if (is_file("$myImagePath/$myImageName")) { // FIND MIME TYPE BUT HOW
I DUNNO
}
[/PHP]

The only way I could think of was to determine the extension of the
image and search through /etc/mime.types, which is horrifically
impractical but the only thing I can think of. What would you suggest
I do?

Thanx
Phil

Read manual : http://www.php.net/mime-content-type

mime_content_type
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0)

mime_content_type()

[Chung Leong]

Use getimagesize(). It's much more efficient than going through the "magic"
list when you know you have an image on your hand. The function returns an
array. The 'mime' element gives you the mime-type.

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php

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How do you detect an image MIME type if you know of the image in a
directory? For example, I know of:

[PHP]
if (is_file("$myImagePath/$myImageName")) { // FIND MIME TYPE BUT HOW
I DUNNO
}
[/PHP]

The only way I could think of was to determine the extension of the
image and search through /etc/mime.types, which is horrifically
impractical but the only thing I can think of. What would you suggest
I do?

Thanx
Phil

[Phil Powell]

My apologies, I led all of you in the wrong direction on this.

Problem comes with this: I want to change the name of an image to
something else.

Let's say I have /images/my_image.jpg

And I want to change it to: /images/my_image.xls

Obviously that would work in PHP but when your browser tries to access
it it would think it's an Excel spreadsheet and not an image and
damage ensues.... or worse, change to: /images/my_image.pif -> YIKES!

Anyway, what I have to do is this: when I decide to change image
metadata such as the image name, I have to be sure that the name that
I change the image name to is an actual "image"-like name, in other
words, if I change it to "my_image.ext" then "my_image.ext" *must* be
of a valid MIME type for an image before it is allowed to change the
name of the image to that name.

And I'm sorry but getimagesize(), in this case, can't help me at all.

Phil
"Chung Leong" <ch***********@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<V7********************@comcast.com>...

Use getimagesize(). It's much more efficient than going through the "magic"
list when you know you have an image on your hand. The function returns an
array. The 'mime' element gives you the mime-type.

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php

Uzytkownik "Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> napisal w wiadomosci
news:1c**************************@posting.google.c om...

How do you detect an image MIME type if you know of the image in a
directory? For example, I know of:

[PHP]
if (is_file("$myImagePath/$myImageName")) { // FIND MIME TYPE BUT HOW
I DUNNO
}
[/PHP]

The only way I could think of was to determine the extension of the
image and search through /etc/mime.types, which is horrifically
impractical but the only thing I can think of. What would you suggest
I do?

Thanx
Phil

[Alvaro G Vicario]

*** Phil Powell wrote/escribió (23 Mar 2004 07:33:06 -0800):

Let's say I have /images/my_image.jpg

And I want to change it to: /images/my_image.xls

Obviously that would work in PHP but when your browser tries to access
it it would think it's an Excel spreadsheet and not an image and
damage ensues....

Browser will think it is whatever web server tells it is. When sending the
file server adds the appropriate Content-Type header. By default, web
server normally checks file extension and finds a MIME value in a chart. If
you want to change this you can either disconfigure your web server (not
recommended) or write a script to serve contents:

header('Content-Type: image/jpeg')
readfile('/home/site/htdocs/images/my_image.pif')


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[Phil Powell]

Alvaro G Vicario <al******************@telecomputeronline.com> wrote in message news:<1f*****************************@40tude.net>. ..

*** Phil Powell wrote/escribió (23 Mar 2004 07:33:06 -0800):

Let's say I have /images/my_image.jpg

And I want to change it to: /images/my_image.xls

Obviously that would work in PHP but when your browser tries to access
it it would think it's an Excel spreadsheet and not an image and
damage ensues....
Browser will think it is whatever web server tells it is. When sending the
file server adds the appropriate Content-Type header. By default, web
server normally checks file extension and finds a MIME value in a chart. If
you want to change this you can either disconfigure your web server (not
recommended) or write a script to serve contents:

header('Content-Type: image/jpeg')
readfile('/home/site/htdocs/images/my_image.pif')

Ouch! I can't do that, the code will have redirects as well, a
header() tag would throw nasty warnings indicating that I am
overwriting the header information.

Phil

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[Chung Leong]

Uzytkownik "Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> napisal w wiadomosci
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My apologies, I led all of you in the wrong direction on this.

Problem comes with this: I want to change the name of an image to
something else.

Let's say I have /images/my_image.jpg

And I want to change it to: /images/my_image.xls

Obviously that would work in PHP but when your browser tries to access
it it would think it's an Excel spreadsheet and not an image and
damage ensues.... or worse, change to: /images/my_image.pif -> YIKES!

Anyway, what I have to do is this: when I decide to change image
metadata such as the image name, I have to be sure that the name that
I change the image name to is an actual "image"-like name, in other
words, if I change it to "my_image.ext" then "my_image.ext" *must* be
of a valid MIME type for an image before it is allowed to change the
name of the image to that name.

And I'm sorry but getimagesize(), in this case, can't help me at all.

Nothing can help those who don't wish to be helped. Look at the
documentation of getimagesize(). If you don't see a solution to your
problem, then you should quit programming altogether.

[Phil Powell]

I found it, mime_content_type(), provided your version and instance of
PHP has magic.mime installed and instantiated within php.ini upon PHP
installation.

Phil

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Uzytkownik "Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> napisal w wiadomosci
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My apologies, I led all of you in the wrong direction on this.

Problem comes with this: I want to change the name of an image to
something else.

Let's say I have /images/my_image.jpg

And I want to change it to: /images/my_image.xls

Obviously that would work in PHP but when your browser tries to access
it it would think it's an Excel spreadsheet and not an image and
damage ensues.... or worse, change to: /images/my_image.pif -> YIKES!

Anyway, what I have to do is this: when I decide to change image
metadata such as the image name, I have to be sure that the name that
I change the image name to is an actual "image"-like name, in other
words, if I change it to "my_image.ext" then "my_image.ext" *must* be
of a valid MIME type for an image before it is allowed to change the
name of the image to that name.

And I'm sorry but getimagesize(), in this case, can't help me at all.

Nothing can help those who don't wish to be helped. Look at the
documentation of getimagesize(). If you don't see a solution to your
problem, then you should quit programming altogether.