fileGetMimeType Code Examples and CFML Documentation

Argument Reference

file any
Required

Name of the file object or full path on disk to the file if strict is set to true. If you do not specify the full path, the file is assumed to be present in the temp directory, as returned by the function getTempDirectory.

strict boolean
Default: `true`

If false, determines the file type by extension. The default value is true.

Examples

Sample code invoking the fileGetMimeType function

Two PDFs and two text files with and without strict mode

Assume that you have a file named test.pdf in temp directory and test.txt in the same folder, and you want to check the MIME type. Here test.txt is a copy of test.pdf with extension renamed to txt.

<cfscript>
	mimeTypes = '';
	mimeTypes = listAppend(mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType(expandPath('/folder1/test.pdf')));
	mimeTypes = listAppend(mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType(expandPath('/folder1/test.pdf'),false));
	mimeTypes = listAppend(mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType(expandPath('/folder1/test.txt')));
	mimeTypes = listAppend(mimeTypes, fileGetMimeType(expandPath('/folder1/test.txt'),false));
	writeOutput(mimeTypes);
</cfscript>

Expected Result: application/pdf,application/pdf,text/plain,text/plain

fileGetMimeType

Argument Reference

file any Required

strict boolean Default: true

Examples Add An Example Sample code invoking the fileGetMimeType function

Two PDFs and two text files with and without strict mode

file any
Required

strict boolean
Default: `true`

Examples
Sample code invoking the fileGetMimeType function