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danielmarschall/fileformats
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File format detection in PHP

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Since Apr 21Pushed 2y ago2 watchersCompare

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File Format detection in PHP
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[](#file-format-detection-in-php)

This small class in PHP has following functionalities:

- Get MIME Type from a filename (useful if your system does not support mime\_content\_type)
- Get a name/description of a given file or filename

The project contains a small lookup-table for file type names in English.

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity19

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e3a3ef0452f1d6ecc846289b368b332f61897b6381e947a3635e733be23f6f54?d=identicon)[danielmarschall](/maintainers/danielmarschall)

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Top Contributors

[![danielmarschall](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28412477?v=4)](https://github.com/danielmarschall "danielmarschall (13 commits)")

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