So, I'm touching up on this little issue because I'm working on a file system sort of thing. Usually, when I have it set so the user can open files, I have this huge old list of cases where based on the extension of the file, the correct MIME type is used for the Content-Type header. I've come to a point where I really just don't want to waste time trying to create these long lists of MIME types and cases and such based on extensions. I must imagine there is some sort of way to get the correct MIME types based on the file specified and being able to assign that to a variable which in turn could be used in that Content-Type header.

I tried using the original function that I assumed would work:



But that didn't seem to work. I tried reading into some more stuff and found out it's deprecated, but everything else is for PHP 5. Unfortunately, my web host is providing me with PHP 4. Knowing, however, that mime_content_type() was created for PHP 4 and not working, I'm fairly stuck. I even went as far to edit my php.ini file but there was really nothing I saw to change in the configuration. Asking my host to switch me to PHP 5 is really pretty much a hassle for what I need to do, and besides, I'm afraid a lot of other codes were based in PHP 4 and switching to PHP 5 would f*ck them up.

So, any possible suggestions? I've tried looking into some other functions, but they're so damn long for finding out such a simple thing that I doubt I'd have to use them. Otherwise, hit me with your best shot.

If you're on a Unix or Linux host and can execute shell commands with the backtick operator, you can use the file program to get MIME info:

^ That almost worked, but there seemed to be an error with this array key(?) beside the explode function.



I tried it without it, but it generated some headers errors.

EDIT:

Never mind! I just removed that array key or whatever it was and then modified my code so that the headers wouldn't f*ck up. Thanks a lot, though!