when your uploading a file
<input type=file name=db_file>
php will create three variables,
$db_file
$db_file_name
$db_file_type
$db_file_type should have the mime/type. now should does NOT mean will. some
browsers (I dont have a list) will not send the correct type at all.
you can use linux's file command
[lee@server streaming]$ file usermanual.pdf
usermanual.pdf: PDF document, version 1.3
[lee@server streaming]$
this will not give you the mime-type though. you can also use grep this will
only give you what the server thinks is the mime-type, not what the client
feels the mime-type is
[lee@server streaming]$ grep "pdf" /etc/mime.types
application/pdf pdf
[lee@server streaming]$
If your just curious of what a mime/type is without uploading it (I dont
think you are) then youve answered your own question.
"Files are on local disk. Not accessible from web server. "
if php can not access the files then how could it possibly ever find this
files mime-type ?
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> Hi,
>
> is there suggestions how to determine what mime type is file?
> for example:
> .word -> application/wnd-word
> .pdf -> application/pdf
>
> Files are on local disk. Not accessible from web server.
>
> I'm interesting to determine it on linux (Apache) and win32(IIS 4.0)
> platforms.
>
> TIA,
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