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jstewmc/validate-file-type
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Validate a file's type

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validate-file-type
==================

[](#validate-file-type)

Validate a file's mime-type.

```
use Jstewmc\ValidateFileType\Validate;

// create a txt file
$txtFilename = '/path/to/foo.txt';
$txtContents = 'foo';

file_put_contents($txtFilename, $txtContents);

// create an xml file
$xmlFilename = '/path/to/foo.xml';
$xmlContents = '';

file_put_contents($xmlFilename, $xmlContents);

// create a service to validate text files
$service = new Validate(['text/plain']);

// validate our two files
$service($txtFilename);  // returns true
$service($xmlFilename);  // returns false
```

This library uses PHP's [fileinfo extension](http://php.net/manual/en/book.fileinfo.php) to look for certain *magic* byte sequences in a file to guess it's type. While this is not a bulletproof approach, the heuristics used do a very good job.

That's it!

Author
------

[](#author)

[Jack Clayton](mailto:clayjs0@gmail.com)

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](https://github.com/jstewmc/validate-file-type/blob/master/LICENSE)

Version
-------

[](#version)

### 0.1.0, August 25, 2016

[](#010-august-25-2016)

- Initial release

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

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