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pear/mime\_type
===============

Detect the MIME Type of a file

v1.4.1(10y ago)546.7k↓30.8%11LGPLPHP

Since Feb 20Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pear/MIME_Type)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/mime_type)[ Docs](http://pear.php.net/package/MIME_Type)[ RSS](/packages/pear-mime-type/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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MIME\_Type
==========

[](#mime_type)

PHP library to detect, parse and work with MIME types.

Features:

- Parse MIME types
- Supports full RFC 2045 specification
- Many utility functions for working with and determining info about types
- Most functions can be called statically
- Autodetect a file's mime-type, either with `fileinfo` extension, `mime_magic` extension, the 'file' command or an in-built file extension mapping list

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### PEAR

[](#pear)

```
$ pear install MIME_Type
```

### Composer

[](#composer)

```
$ composer require pear/mime_type
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See the examples in the `docs/examples/` directory and the [official documentation](http://pear.php.net/package/MIME_Type/docs).

### Detecting a file's MIME type

[](#detecting-a-files-mime-type)

```

```

Links
-----

[](#links)

Homepage[http://pear.php.net/package/MIME\_Type](http://pear.php.net/package/MIME_Type)Bug tracker[http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package\_name\[\]=MIME\_Type](http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package_name[]=MIME_Type)Documentation[http://pear.php.net/package/MIME\_Type/docs](http://pear.php.net/package/MIME_Type/docs)Unit test status[https://travis-ci.org/pear/MIME\_Type](https://travis-ci.org/pear/MIME_Type)

[![https://travis-ci.org/pear/MIME_Type.svg?branch=master](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/78c3ebb3c5104e5c6d3ba515082fc11c8a1a39fbb3a0720bf3c7cab5be11254a/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706561722f4d494d455f547970652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/pear/MIME_Type)Development
-----------

[](#development)

### Updating extension mapping

[](#updating-extension-mapping)

The built-in extension-to-type mapping list can be updated from apache's source code repository:

```
$ ./scripts/update-mimelist.php
...
785 new, 28 updated, 168 same, 5 own, 986 total
Code updated
```

The file `MIME/Type/Extension.php` will be changed now.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.1% 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 ~85 days

Total

4

Last Release

3848d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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