/* Protected Static Members */
- /** @var array List of common image files extensions and mime-types */
+ /** @var array List of common image files extensions and MIME-types */
protected static $mimeTypes = array(
'gif' => 'image/gif',
'jpe' => 'image/jpeg',
*/
public static function getMimeType( $file ) {
$realpath = realpath( $file );
- // Try a couple of different ways to get the mime-type of a file, in order of
+ // Try a couple of different ways to get the MIME-type of a file, in order of
// preference
if (
$realpath
&& function_exists( 'finfo_open' )
&& defined( 'FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE' )
) {
- // As of PHP 5.3, this is how you get the mime-type of a file; it uses the Fileinfo
+ // As of PHP 5.3, this is how you get the MIME-type of a file; it uses the Fileinfo
// PECL extension
return finfo_file( finfo_open( FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE ), $realpath );
} elseif ( function_exists( 'mime_content_type' ) ) {
- // Before this was deprecated in PHP 5.3, this was how you got the mime-type of a file
+ // Before this was deprecated in PHP 5.3, this was how you got the MIME-type of a file
return mime_content_type( $file );
} else {
- // Worst-case scenario has happened, use the file extension to infer the mime-type
+ // Worst-case scenario has happened, use the file extension to infer the MIME-type
$ext = strtolower( pathinfo( $file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION ) );
if ( isset( self::$mimeTypes[$ext] ) ) {
return self::$mimeTypes[$ext];