Predefined Constants

The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

FILEINFO_NONE (integer)
No special handling.
Follow symlinks.
FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE (integer)
Return the mime type. Available since PHP 5.3.0.
FILEINFO_MIME_ENCODING (integer)
Return the mime encoding of the file. Available since PHP 5.3.0.
FILEINFO_MIME (integer)
Return the mime type and mime encoding as defined by RFC 2045.
FILEINFO_COMPRESS (integer)
Decompress compressed files. Disabled since PHP 5.3.0 due to thread safety issues.
FILEINFO_DEVICES (integer)
Look at the contents of blocks or character special devices.
FILEINFO_CONTINUE (integer)
Return all matches, not just the first.
FILEINFO_PRESERVE_ATIME (integer)
If possible preserve the original access time.
FILEINFO_RAW (integer)
Don't translate unprintable characters to a \ooo octal representation.
FILEINFO_EXTENSION (integer)
Returns the file extension appropiate for a the MIME type detected in the file. For types that commonly have multiple file extensions, such as JPEG images, then the return value is multiple extensions separated by a forward slash e.g.: "jpeg/jpg/jpe/jfif". For unknown types not available in the magic.mime database, then return value is "???". Available since PHP 7.2.0.