PHP : binary image data, checking the image type

Question

I have some images in bin, I want to check the header to check the format (jpg, png, etc)

I don\'t want to use temp files! I have a solution using TEMP FILES.

Answer 1

Here's an implementation of the function as described by Wrikken

function getImgType($filename) {
    $handle = @fopen($filename, 'r');
    if (!$handle)
        throw new Exception('File Open Error');

    $types = array('jpeg' => "\xFF\xD8\xFF", 'gif' => 'GIF', 'png' => "\x89\x50\x4e\x47\x0d\x0a", 'bmp' => 'BM', 'psd' => '8BPS', 'swf' => 'FWS');
    $bytes = fgets($handle, 8);
    $found = 'other';

    foreach ($types as $type => $header) {
        if (strpos($bytes, $header) === 0) {
            $found = $type;
            break;
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
    return $found;
}