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Detecting File Type - The Ultimate Way In Php

07.01.2009

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        // description of your code here

<?php
function strhex($string)
 {
    $hex = "";
    $len = strlen($string);

    for($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i)
     {
       $hex .= str_pad(dechex(ord($string[$i])), 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
     }
    return $hex;
 }

$data = file_get_contents($filename);

if(preg_match('/\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)/i', $filename, $matches))
 {
    $type = ($matches[1] === 'jpeg') ? 'jpg' : $matches[1];
 }
else
 {
     // Get the first 12 bytes of the file
     $hdr  = strhex($data[0].$data[1].$data[2].$data[3].$data[4].$data[5].$data[6].$data[7].$data[8].$data[9].$data[10].$data[11]);
     echo $hdr;

     // Match header of the file (Google it).
     if(preg_match('$/ffd8ffe0....4A46494600/i', $hdr))
      {
        // JPEG?
        $type = 'jpg';
      }
     elseif(preg_match('$/89504e470D0a1a0a/i', $hdr))
      {
        // PNG?
        $type = 'png';
      }
     elseif(preg_match('$/474946/i', $hdr))
      {
        // GIF?
        $type = 'gif';
      }
     else
      {
         // Unknown image type.
      }
 }

Tags:

file
mime
php

Comments

Kenneth Mccall replied on Fri, 2007/08/10 - 12:56pm

[Bug] Regex was wrong. [Improved] file_get_contents - restricted to the first 12 bytes. Should improve performance.


<?php
function strhex($string)
{
    $hex = "";
    $len = strlen($string);

    for($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i)
     {
       $hex .= str_pad(dechex(ord($string[$i])), 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
     }
    return $hex;
}

$data = file_get_contents($filename, FALSE, NULL, -1, 12);

if(preg_match('/\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)/i', $filename, $matches))
{
    $type = ($matches[1] === 'jpeg') ? 'jpg' : $matches[1];
}
else
{
     // Get the first 12 bytes of the file
     // Could probably do strhex($data) - but this might be safer..?
     $hdr  = strhex($data[0].$data[1].$data[2].$data[3].$data[4].$data[5].$data[6].$data[7].$data[8].$data[9].$data[10].$data[11]);
     echo $hdr;

     // Match header of the file (Google it).
     if(preg_match('/^ffd8ffe0....4A46494600/i', $hdr))
     {
        // JPEG?
        $type = 'jpg';
     }
     elseif(preg_match('/^89504e470D0a1a0a/i', $hdr))
     {
        // PNG?
        $type = 'png';
     }
     elseif(preg_match('/^474946/i', $hdr))
     {
        // GIF?
        $type = 'gif';
     }
     else
     {
         // Unknown image type.
     }
}

Kenneth Mccall replied on Fri, 2007/08/10 - 12:56pm

Only works if the file has the correct extension.. This determines type by looking at the first 12 bytes of the file (the file's header).

Snippets Manager replied on Tue, 2009/07/21 - 5:08pm

PHP has got a function for that already, its called pathinfo(). It returns an array of information about a file path, so say if you just wanted to test if the file was a specific type then you could just do this:


$ext = pathinfo('path/to/file', PATHINFO_EXTENSION); // When you set an option, the function returns a string

if ($ext === 'jpg') {
	// Do something if the file is a jpg
} else if ($ext === 'png') {
	// Do something if the file is a png
} else if ($ext === 'gif') {
	// Do something if the file a a gif
} else {
	return false;
}