The finfo method and functions are missing from XAMPP 1.7.2!

[lamando]

Hello!

I've been trying to use the finfo method and the finfo_ functions. They are described to be included by default in PHP 5.3.0+ (see http://www.php.net/manual/en/fileinfo.installation.php ):

This extension is enabled by default as of PHP 5.3.0. Before this time, fileinfo was a PECL extension but is no longer maintained there.

But it seems that they are missing from the latest stable XAMPP (1.7.2):

Fatal error: Class 'finfo' not found [...]

It doesn't seem to be a PHP issue since it is not listed in the fixed bugs in PHP 5.3.1

Can someone confirm that it is a XAMPP issue? Do you encounter the same problem? Here's a quick code to test:

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<php
if ( function_exists( 'finfo_open' ) ) {
    echo "OMG IT WORKS!!";
} else {
    echo "Bad news... :(";
}
?>


Thanks a lot everyone for the hard work, XAMPP is great

[Izzy]

Try editing the \xampp\php\php.ini file and uncomment this line, remove the ; from in front of the extension name

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;extension=php_fileinfo.dll

Save the file and restart Apache and test again.

[lamando]

Update: I've tried to uncomment the line

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extension=php_fileinfo.dll

in php.ini

Resulted in many errors at Apache start and a crash of the apache process after few seconds. I had to comment back the line to be able to start Apache...

[lamando]

Try editing the \xampp\php\php.ini file and uncomment this line, remove the ; from in front of the extension name

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;extension=php_fileinfo.dll

Save the file and restart Apache and test again.

Lol burned, had the same idea as you

I think some file are missing, see:





Apache crashes immediately after I click OK...

[Izzy]

Anything in the \xampp\apache\logs\error.log file?

[lamando]

PHP Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name - mime_content_type in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: mime_magic: Unable to register functions, unable to load in Unknown on line 0
[Sat Dec 05 00:48:51 2009] [warn] pid file [...]xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Sat Dec 05 00:48:51 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sat Dec 05 00:48:51 2009] [notice] Digest: done
PHP Warning: Function registration failed - duplicate name - mime_content_type in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: mime_magic: Unable to register functions, unable to load in Unknown on line 0

[Wiedmann]

Update: I've tried to uncomment the line

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extension=php_fileinfo.dll

Resulted in many errors at Apache start and a crash of the apache process after few seconds.

Additionally you must disable the "php_mime_magic.dll" extension.

[lamando]

Update: I've tried to uncomment the line

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extension=php_fileinfo.dll

Resulted in many errors at Apache start and a crash of the apache process after few seconds.

Additionally you must disable the "php_mime_magic.dll" extension.

Thanks for your help. I've disabled the mime_magic extension, now Apache is able to start and there's no error.

However, it still doesn't work, there's no error but it looks like the magic database file is empty

For example, the code bellow will always output "text/x-c; charset=us-ascii" for any text files

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<?php

$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
echo $finfo->file('test.js');

?>