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image_type_to_mime_type

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

image_type_to_mime_type -- Get Mime-Type for image-type returned by getimagesize, exif_read_data, exif_thumbnail, exif_imagetype

Description

string image_type_to_mime_type ( int imagetype )

The image_type_to_mime_type() function will determine the Mime-Type for an IMAGETYPE constant.

Example 1. image_type_to_mime_type (file)

<?php
header("Content-type: " . image_type_to_mime_type(IMAGETYPE_PNG));
?>

The returned values are as follows

Table 1. Returned values Constants

imagetypeReturned value
IMAGETYPE_GIFimage/gif
IMAGETYPE_JPEGimage/jpeg
IMAGETYPE_PNGimage/png
IMAGETYPE_SWFapplication/x-shockwave-flash
IMAGETYPE_PSDimage/psd
IMAGETYPE_BMPimage/bmp
IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II (intel byte order)image/tiff
IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM (motorola byte order) image/tiff
IMAGETYPE_JPCapplication/octet-stream
IMAGETYPE_JP2image/jp2
IMAGETYPE_JPXapplication/octet-stream
IMAGETYPE_JB2application/octet-stream
IMAGETYPE_SWCapplication/x-shockwave-flash
IMAGETYPE_IFFimage/iff
IMAGETYPE_WBMPimage/vnd.wap.wbmp
IMAGETYPE_XBMimage/xbm

Note: This function does not require the GD image library.

See also getimagesize(), exif_imagetype(), exif_read_data() and exif_thumbnail().

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