Comments on: PHP best way to check if file is an image

By: Deer-door

Deer-door — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:50:36 +0000

In reply to f00.

Link format is outdated, here is actual one:
https://www.binarytides.com/suppress-errors-warnings-with-operator-in-php/

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:31:40 +0000

Link: “http://php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php”.
Quote: “Do not use getimagesize() to check that a given file is a valid image. Use a purpose-built solution such as the Fileinfo extension instead”.
Link to description of that extension: “http://php.net/manual/ru/book.fileinfo.php”.

By: ADVISORY

ADVISORY — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:09:47 +0000

PHP’s official docs recommend against using getimagesize function for checking if the file is actually an image.
See: http://php.net/getimagesize

By: Prodoxx Thedarklord

Prodoxx Thedarklord — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:58:00 +0000

Thank You :D

By: Tristram Shorter

Tristram Shorter — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:24:12 +0000

Hey, this is a really good solution. I spent ages looking for a decent function in the php manual, but this really solves my problem!
Thanks a lot!
Tristram

By: f00

f00 — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:11:35 +0000

In reply to coder.

I do not recommend using @ operator to suppress errors in PHP. Read http://www.binarytides.com/blog/suppressing-errors-warnings-with-operator-in-php/ for more info.

By: coder

coder — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:45:43 +0000

it’s really helpfull !

i simply added “@” before the getimagesize to prevent php outputing error messages on screen if it fails getting image size :
$a = @getimagesize($path);

Thanx :D