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openlss/func-mimetype
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Mimetype helper functions

0.0.7(13y ago)0142LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Mar 23Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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func-mimetype
=============

[](#func-mimetype)

Mimetype helper functions

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$file = 'test.html';
$mimetype = system_extension_mime_type($file); //returns text/html
$ext = system_mime_type_extension('text/html'); //returns .html
```

Reference
---------

[](#reference)

### (string) system\_extension\_mime\_type($file)

[](#string-system_extension_mime_typefile)

Returns the mime type purely by file extension

### (string) system\_mime\_type\_extension($mimetype)

[](#string-system_mime_type_extensionmimetype)

Returns the file extension assoicated with the mime type

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

4843d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![nullivex](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2321375?v=4)](https://github.com/nullivex "nullivex (7 commits)")

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Tags

mimetypefile extension

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