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Informations about the package mime-detector

MIME Detector

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⚠️ Deprecated

moudarir/mime-detector is no longer maintained and has been deprecated in favor of moudarir/file.

The new package provides file resource management, file metadata and MIME type detection in a single abstraction.

New projects should use moudarir/file instead.

A PHP library for detecting the real MIME type of files by analyzing their content.

Unlike extension-based detection, this library relies on multiple detection strategies:

The goal is to provide a reliable MIME type detection based on the actual file content.

Requirements

Installation

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Detection Process

The detection pipeline follows a strict order:

Each detector returns:

The first successful detection is returned.

Supported Formats

Images

Documents

Archives

ZIP-based Containers

The library can identify specialized ZIP containers by inspecting their internal structure.

Microsoft Office Open XML

OpenDocument

Other containers

Detection is based on the internal ZIP structure, not the file extension.

Audio

Video

Executables

Disk Image

Text Formats

The library detects common text-based formats:

Generic text files are handled by PHP FileInfo when no specialized format is detected.

Separated Values

Example

Detecting a PDF file:

Output:

Mime Type

Detector

Metadata

Design Principles

Content over extension

The file extension is never used as the primary source of truth.

Example:

A file named:

containing a PDF document will be detected as:

Performance Considerations

The library includes several optimizations:

Limitations

MIME detection is not a complete security validation mechanism.

A file can have a valid MIME type while still containing malicious content.

This library should not replace:

It only identifies the actual file format.

License

MIT License

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Requires php Version >=8.4 <9.0
ext-fileinfo Version *
ext-zip Version *
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