Bright Cherry http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:54:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= PHP- Alternative To The Depreciated mime_content_type Function And Fileinfo Functions http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/php-alternative-to-the-depreciated-mime_content_type-function-and-fileinfo-functions/ http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/php-alternative-to-the-depreciated-mime_content_type-function-and-fileinfo-functions/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:54:26 +0000 adm1n http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/?p=453 You’ve probably landed on this page because you want to find the Content-type of a file by using the mime_content_type function. But when you tried using the function, you were returned with a PHP error because it’s a depreciated function (PHP 4). Then you may have tried to use the Fileinfo function (am alternative suggested by the PHP website), but then realised you haven’t got the PHP Fileinfo extension/library installed (because you were returned with an error again). So what’s your alternative?

Possible solutions

  • Firstly, if you’re running off a dedicated sever or VPS, you could install the Fileinfo extension. However, if you’re on hosted on a shared server, your hosting provider may not install the extension for you. But it might be worth trying to contact them to get it installed first.
  • The second solution is to write your own function, which is the code I’m going to provide in this blog post

Write your own mime_content_type Function

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if (!function_exists('mime_content_type')) {
	function mime_content_type($filename) {
	$idx = explode( '.', $filename );
	$count_explode = count($idx);
	$idx = strtolower($idx[$count_explode-1]);
 
	$mimet = array(	
        'ai' =>'application/postscript',
	'aif' =>'audio/x-aiff',
	'aifc' =>'audio/x-aiff',
	'aiff' =>'audio/x-aiff',
	'asc' =>'text/plain',
	'atom' =>'application/atom+xml',
	'avi' =>'video/x-msvideo',
	'bcpio' =>'application/x-bcpio',
	'bmp' =>'image/bmp',
	'cdf' =>'application/x-netcdf',
	'cgm' =>'image/cgm',
	'cpio' =>'application/x-cpio',
	'cpt' =>'application/mac-compactpro',
	'crl' =>'application/x-pkcs7-crl',
	'crt' =>'application/x-x509-ca-cert',
	'csh' =>'application/x-csh',
	'css' =>'text/css',
	'dcr' =>'application/x-director',
	'dir' =>'application/x-director',
	'djv' =>'image/vnd.djvu',
	'djvu' =>'image/vnd.djvu',
	'doc' =>'application/msword',
	'dtd' =>'application/xml-dtd',
	'dvi' =>'application/x-dvi',
	'dxr' =>'application/x-director',
	'eps' =>'application/postscript',
	'etx' =>'text/x-setext',
	'ez' =>'application/andrew-inset',
	'gif' =>'image/gif',
	'gram' =>'application/srgs',
	'grxml' =>'application/srgs+xml',
	'gtar' =>'application/x-gtar',
	'hdf' =>'application/x-hdf',
	'hqx' =>'application/mac-binhex40',
	'html' =>'text/html',
	'html' =>'text/html',
	'ice' =>'x-conference/x-cooltalk',
	'ico' =>'image/x-icon',
	'ics' =>'text/calendar',
	'ief' =>'image/ief',
	'ifb' =>'text/calendar',
	'iges' =>'model/iges',
	'igs' =>'model/iges',
	'jpe' =>'image/jpeg',
	'jpeg' =>'image/jpeg',
	'jpg' =>'image/jpeg',
	'js' =>'application/x-javascript',
	'kar' =>'audio/midi',
	'latex' =>'application/x-latex',
	'm3u' =>'audio/x-mpegurl',
	'man' =>'application/x-troff-man',
	'mathml' =>'application/mathml+xml',
	'me' =>'application/x-troff-me',
	'mesh' =>'model/mesh',
	'mid' =>'audio/midi',
	'midi' =>'audio/midi',
	'mif' =>'application/vnd.mif',
	'mov' =>'video/quicktime',
	'movie' =>'video/x-sgi-movie',
	'mp2' =>'audio/mpeg',
	'mp3' =>'audio/mpeg',
	'mpe' =>'video/mpeg',
	'mpeg' =>'video/mpeg',
	'mpg' =>'video/mpeg',
	'mpga' =>'audio/mpeg',
	'ms' =>'application/x-troff-ms',
	'msh' =>'model/mesh',
	'mxu m4u' =>'video/vnd.mpegurl',
	'nc' =>'application/x-netcdf',
	'oda' =>'application/oda',
	'ogg' =>'application/ogg',
	'pbm' =>'image/x-portable-bitmap',
	'pdb' =>'chemical/x-pdb',
	'pdf' =>'application/pdf',
	'pgm' =>'image/x-portable-graymap',
	'pgn' =>'application/x-chess-pgn',
	'php' =>'application/x-httpd-php',
	'php4' =>'application/x-httpd-php',
	'php3' =>'application/x-httpd-php',
	'phtml' =>'application/x-httpd-php',
	'phps' =>'application/x-httpd-php-source',
	'png' =>'image/png',
	'pnm' =>'image/x-portable-anymap',
	'ppm' =>'image/x-portable-pixmap',
	'ppt' =>'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint',
	'ps' =>'application/postscript',
	'qt' =>'video/quicktime',
	'ra' =>'audio/x-pn-realaudio',
	'ram' =>'audio/x-pn-realaudio',
	'ras' =>'image/x-cmu-raster',
	'rdf' =>'application/rdf+xml',
	'rgb' =>'image/x-rgb',
	'rm' =>'application/vnd.rn-realmedia',
	'roff' =>'application/x-troff',
	'rtf' =>'text/rtf',
	'rtx' =>'text/richtext',
	'sgm' =>'text/sgml',
	'sgml' =>'text/sgml',
	'sh' =>'application/x-sh',
	'shar' =>'application/x-shar',
	'shtml' =>'text/html',
	'silo' =>'model/mesh',
	'sit' =>'application/x-stuffit',
	'skd' =>'application/x-koan',
	'skm' =>'application/x-koan',
	'skp' =>'application/x-koan',
	'skt' =>'application/x-koan',
	'smi' =>'application/smil',
	'smil' =>'application/smil',
	'snd' =>'audio/basic',
	'spl' =>'application/x-futuresplash',
	'src' =>'application/x-wais-source',
	'sv4cpio' =>'application/x-sv4cpio',
	'sv4crc' =>'application/x-sv4crc',
	'svg' =>'image/svg+xml',
	'swf' =>'application/x-shockwave-flash',
	't' =>'application/x-troff',
	'tar' =>'application/x-tar',
	'tcl' =>'application/x-tcl',
	'tex' =>'application/x-tex',
	'texi' =>'application/x-texinfo',
	'texinfo' =>'application/x-texinfo',
	'tgz' =>'application/x-tar',
	'tif' =>'image/tiff',
	'tiff' =>'image/tiff',
	'tr' =>'application/x-troff',
	'tsv' =>'text/tab-separated-values',
	'txt' =>'text/plain',
	'ustar' =>'application/x-ustar',
	'vcd' =>'application/x-cdlink',
	'vrml' =>'model/vrml',
	'vxml' =>'application/voicexml+xml',
	'wav' =>'audio/x-wav',
	'wbmp' =>'image/vnd.wap.wbmp',
	'wbxml' =>'application/vnd.wap.wbxml',
	'wml' =>'text/vnd.wap.wml',
	'wmlc' =>'application/vnd.wap.wmlc',
	'wmlc' =>'application/vnd.wap.wmlc',
	'wmls' =>'text/vnd.wap.wmlscript',
	'wmlsc' =>'application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc',
	'wmlsc' =>'application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc',
	'wrl' =>'model/vrml',
	'xbm' =>'image/x-xbitmap',
	'xht' =>'application/xhtml+xml',
	'xhtml' =>'application/xhtml+xml',
	'xls' =>'application/vnd.ms-excel',
	'xml xsl' =>'application/xml',
	'xpm' =>'image/x-xpixmap',
	'xslt' =>'application/xslt+xml',
	'xul' =>'application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml',
	'xwd' =>'image/x-xwindowdump',
	'xyz' =>'chemical/x-xyz',
	'zip' =>'application/zip'
	);
 
	if (isset( $mimet[$idx] )) {
	 return $mimet[$idx];
	} else {
	 return 'application/octet-stream';
	}
    }
}
 
//$mm_type will return the content type (note, I still use the original function name mime_content_type)
$mm_type = mime_content_type($filepath);
 
?>

If anyone has a better solution of retrieving the content-type without using the depreciated mime_content_type function and the Fileinfo library, please let me know.

Also, please let me know if this worked for you :)

]]> http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/php-alternative-to-the-depreciated-mime_content_type-function-and-fileinfo-functions/feed/ 0 How To Display Latest Tweet On Website http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/how-to-display-latest-tweet-on-website/ http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/how-to-display-latest-tweet-on-website/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:50:29 +0000 adm1n http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/?p=447 Here’s a really quick and simple way to display your latest Tweet on your website like the example below (the graphics obviously won’t appear, just the Tweet):

Latest Tweet

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<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function ()
{
 $.getJSON("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/USERNAME.json?callback=?", function(data) {
  $(".show_tweet").html(data[0].text);
 });
});
</script>
 
<div class="show_tweet"></div>

Simply replace USERNAME with your unique Twitter username. The show_tweet class is where the Tweet will display.

The “follow us” link won’t appear by default, I hard-coded that into the show_tweet div :)

It’s as easy as that.

]]> http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/how-to-display-latest-tweet-on-website/feed/ 1 Javascript – Get The Hash Tag Value From A URL http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/jquery-get-the-hash-tag-value-from-a-url/ http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/jquery-get-the-hash-tag-value-from-a-url/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:47:35 +0000 adm1n http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/?p=421 So, you have the following URL:

http://www.example.com/page/#comment-12

You want to get the value after the hash tag (#), which is comment-12

The following Javascript code will help you achieve what you’re after:

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<script type="text/javascript">
 
//check if hash tag exists in the URL
if(window.location.hash) {
 
 //set the value as a variable, and remove the #
 var hash_value = window.location.hash.replace('#', '');
 
 //show the value with an alert pop-up
 alert(hash_value);
 
}
</script>

That’s it. It’s as easy that.

Please let me know if it did or didn’t work for you. Alternatively, if you know of a better way to achieve the same output. Thanks in advance!

]]> http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/jquery-get-the-hash-tag-value-from-a-url/feed/ 1 htaccess- 301 Redirect Old URLs With Spaces http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/htaccess-301-redirect-old-urls-with-spaces/ http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/htaccess-301-redirect-old-urls-with-spaces/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:50:19 +0000 adm1n http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/?p=416 Here’s a quick and easy htaccess 301 redirect tip.

So, you have a URL like this:
http://www.example.co.uk/this is_a_file.html

and you want to redirect it to:

http://www.example.co.uk/this_is_a_file.html

All you need to is quote the URL like this:

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Redirect 301 "/this is_a_file.html" http://www.example.co.uk/this_is_a_file.html
]]> http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/htaccess-301-redirect-old-urls-with-spaces/feed/ 1 jQuery- Show The Height And Width Of The Browser Viewport in Real-Time http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/jquery-show-the-height-and-width-of-the-browser-viewport-in-real-time/ http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/jquery-show-the-height-and-width-of-the-browser-viewport-in-real-time/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:23:45 +0000 adm1n http://www.brightcherry.co.uk/scribbles/?p=402 Strange. I looked around everywhere for this code, and couldn’t find it anymore online. I simply wanted jQuery code that would show the height and width of the browser viewport in “real-time” I found plenty of code samples that would show the viewport size on page load/refresh, but nothing that would update live, as I was reducing/expanding the browser size. So I decided to write my own code, and it turned it to be a lot easier than anticipated.

Demo

Simply change the size of your browser and the values (height and width) below should automatically update.

Width in pixels:

Height in pixels:

Code

All you need to do is copy/paste the code and it should work.

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<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function ()
{
 $(window).resize(function()
 {
  var show_width = $(window).width();
  document.getElementById("output_width").value=show_width.toString();
 
  var show_height = $(window).height();
  document.getElementById("output_height").value=show_height.toString();
 });
});
</script>
 
 
<h3>Width:</h3>
<input type="input" id="output_width" value="" name="width" />
 
<h3>Height:</h3>
<input type="input" id="output_height" value="" name="height" />

So, what do you think? Does it work?

Does anyone know of a more efficient way of getting this result? If so, please let me know.


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