PHP method to determine image type by obtaining header information

This article mainly introduces the method for PHP to determine the type of image by obtaining header information, involving PHP's related operating skills for image files. Friends in need can refer to the example of

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$filename = '617.gif' ; 
function pictype ( $file ) 
{ 
   /*$png_header = "/x89/x50/x4e/x47/x0d/x0a/x1a/x0a"; 
   $jpg_header = "/xff/xd8";*/
   $header = file_get_contents ( $file , 0 , NULL , 0 , 5 ); 
   //echo bin2hex($header); 
   if ( $header { 0 }. $header { 1 }== "/x89/x50" ) 
   { 
     return 'png' ; 
   } 
   else if( $header { 0 }. $header { 1 } == "/xff/xd8" ) 
   { 
     return 'jpeg' ; 
   } 
   else if( $header { 0 }. $header { 1 }. $header { 2 } == "/x47/x49/x46" ) 
   { 
     if( $header { 4 } == "/x37" ) 
       return 'gif87' ; 
     else if( $header { 4 } == "/x39" ) 
       return 'gif89' ; 
   } 
} 
echo pictype ( $filename );

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