mime_content_type() function not defined

Question

I am using the mime_content_type() function for file upload, it works fine on localhost however I\'m encountering the following error on my live server:

Answer 1

You must have the mime_magic extension on. Check your php.ini and look in phpinfo(). By the way this function has been deprecated as the PECL extension Fileinfo provides the same functionality (and more) in a much cleaner way.

Windows users must include the bundled php_fileinfo.dll DLL file in php.ini to enable this extension.

The libmagic library is bundled with PHP, but includes PHP specific changes. A patch against libmagic named libmagic.patch is maintained and may be found within the PHP fileinfo extensions source.

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