Replacement for File::mime() in Laravel 4 (to get mime type from file extension)

Question

Laravel 3 had a File::mime() method which made it easy to get a file\'s mime type from its extension:

$extension = File::extension($path);
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Answer 1

One solution I've found is to use the Symfony HttpFoundation File class (which is already included as a dependency in Laravel 4):

$file = new Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\File($path);
$mime = $file->getMimeType();

And in fact the File class uses the Symfony MimeTypeGuesser class so this also works:

$guesser = Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\MimeType\MimeTypeGuesser::getInstance();
echo $guesser->guess($path);

But unfortunately I'm getting unexpected results: I'm getting text/plain instead of text/css when passing a path to a css file.