# finfo_buffer

(PECL fileinfo:0.1-1.0.4)

finfo_buffer — Return information about a string buffer

### Description

string finfo_buffer ( resource `$finfo` , string `$string` [, int `$options` [, resource `$context` ]] )
finfo
string buffer ( string `$string` [, int `$options` [, resource `$context` ]] )

This function is used to get information about binary data in a string.

### Parameters

`finfo`

  Fileinfo resource returned by finfo_open().

`string`

  Content of a file to be checked.

`options`

  One or disjunction of more Fileinfo constants.

`context`

### Return Values

Returns a textual description of the `string` argument, or `FALSE` if an error occurred.

### Examples

Example#1 A finfo_buffer() example

`<?php
$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
echo $finfo->buffer($_POST["script"]) . "\n";
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    application/x-sh

### See Also

- finfo_file()