note 102413 modified in function.finfo-file by danbrown

While figuring out my problem using this new function, i had a brainwave in using the full path of the file instead of the relative path. For example:

<?php
$folder = "somefolder/";
$fileName "aFile.pdf";

$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
finfo_file($finfo, $folder.$fileName);
?>

This will result in an error where it can't find the file specified.

This however fixxes that problem:

<?php
$folder = "somefolder/";
$fileName "aFile.pdf";

$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
$mime = finfo_file($finfo, dirname(__FILE__)."/".$folder.$fileName);
?>

--was--
While figuring out my problem using this new function, i had a brainwave in using the full path of the file instead of the relative path. For example:

$folder = "somefolder/";
$fileName "aFile.pdf";

$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
finfo_file($finfo, $folder.$fileName);

This will result in an error where it can't find the file specified.

This however fixxes that problem:
$folder = "somefolder/";
$fileName "aFile.pdf";

$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
$mime = finfo_file($finfo, dirname(__FILE__)."/".$folder.$fileName);

http://php.net/manual/en/function.finfo-file.php