Pear-mime_type

Jul 20, 2023

PEAR class for dealing with MIME types

PEARMIME_Type provides functionality for dealing with MIME types.

  • Parse MIME type.
  • Supports full RFC2045 specification.
  • Many utility functions for working with and determining info about types.
  • Most functions can be called statically.
  • Autodetect a file’s mime-type, either with mime_content_type or the ‘file’ command.


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