MIME::typeForExt

Return the MIME type matching a specified file extension

Synopsis

uses('mime');

public static function [[MIME]]::typeForExt(string [in] $ext)

Description

MIME::typeForExt() attempts to resolve a file extension to a MIME type. The file extension, $ext, may be specified with or without a leading dot. If the file extension could not be mapped to a MIME type, null is returned.

Example

• mimetest.php

Parameters

Name	Direction	Type	Description
$ext	in	string	The file extension to resolve to a MIME type

Return Value

string The MIME type matching $ext, if it could be resolved, or null otherwise.