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Non so quanto ti possa essere utile:
Codice PHP:
<?php 
/** 
   Name: PHP MimeType Class

   Version: 1.0
   Date Released: 10/20/02

   Description: This class allows a PHP script to determine the mime type
   a file based on the file extension.  This class is handy for PHP versions
   without the benefit of other tools to determine the mime type.  The class
   defaults to octet-stream so if the file type is not recognized the user
   is presented with a file download prompt.

   NOTES: The mime types for this version are based on Apache 1.3.27
   mime types may change or need to be added in the future, the mime types
   are stored in an array so that an awk or other script can automatically
   generate the code to make the array.

   Usage:

       First an instance of the mimetype class must be created, then the
    getType method should be called with the filename.  It will return
    the mime type, an example follows.
    
   Example:

      $mimetype = new mimetype();
      print $mimetype->getType('acrobat.pdf');

   Author: Jason Sheets <jsheets@shadonet.com>

   License: This script is distributed under the BSD License, you are free
   to use, or modify it however you like.  If you find this script useful please
   e-mail me.   
**/

class mimetype {
   function 
getType($filename) {
      
// get base name of the filename provided by user
      
$filename basename($filename);

      
// break file into parts seperated by .
      
$filename explode('.'$filename);

      
// take the last part of the file to get the file extension
      
$filename $filename[count($filename)-1];   

      
// find mime type
      
return $this->privFindType($filename);
   }

   function 
privFindType($ext) {
      
// create mimetypes array
      
$mimetypes $this->privBuildMimeArray();
      
      
// return mime type for extension
      
if (isset($mimetypes[$ext])) {
         return 
$mimetypes[$ext];
      
// if the extension wasn't found return octet-stream         
      
} else {
         return 
'application/octet-stream';
      }
         
   }

   function 
privBuildMimeArray() {
      return array(
         
"ez" => "application/andrew-inset",
         
"hqx" => "application/mac-binhex40",
         
"cpt" => "application/mac-compactpro",
         
"doc" => "application/msword",
         
"bin" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"dms" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"lha" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"lzh" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"exe" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"class" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"so" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"dll" => "application/octet-stream",
         
"oda" => "application/oda",
         
"pdf" => "application/pdf",
         
"ai" => "application/postscript",
         
"eps" => "application/postscript",
         
"ps" => "application/postscript",
         
"smi" => "application/smil",
         
"smil" => "application/smil",
         
"wbxml" => "application/vnd.wap.wbxml",
         
"wmlc" => "application/vnd.wap.wmlc",
         
"wmlsc" => "application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc",
         
"bcpio" => "application/x-bcpio",
         
"vcd" => "application/x-cdlink",
         
"pgn" => "application/x-chess-pgn",
         
"cpio" => "application/x-cpio",
         
"csh" => "application/x-csh",
         
"dcr" => "application/x-director",
         
"dir" => "application/x-director",
         
"dxr" => "application/x-director",
         
"dvi" => "application/x-dvi",
         
"spl" => "application/x-futuresplash",
         
"gtar" => "application/x-gtar",
         
"hdf" => "application/x-hdf",
         
"js" => "application/x-javascript",
         
"skp" => "application/x-koan",
         
"skd" => "application/x-koan",
         
"skt" => "application/x-koan",
         
"skm" => "application/x-koan",
         
"latex" => "application/x-latex",
         
"nc" => "application/x-netcdf",
         
"cdf" => "application/x-netcdf",
         
"sh" => "application/x-sh",
         
"shar" => "application/x-shar",
         
"swf" => "application/x-shockwave-flash",
         
"sit" => "application/x-stuffit",
         
"sv4cpio" => "application/x-sv4cpio",
         
"sv4crc" => "application/x-sv4crc",
         
"tar" => "application/x-tar",
         
"tcl" => "application/x-tcl",
         
"tex" => "application/x-tex",
         
"texinfo" => "application/x-texinfo",
         
"texi" => "application/x-texinfo",
         
"t" => "application/x-troff",
         
"tr" => "application/x-troff",
         
"roff" => "application/x-troff",
         
"man" => "application/x-troff-man",
         
"me" => "application/x-troff-me",
         
"ms" => "application/x-troff-ms",
         
"ustar" => "application/x-ustar",
         
"src" => "application/x-wais-source",
         
"xhtml" => "application/xhtml+xml",
         
"xht" => "application/xhtml+xml",
         
"zip" => "application/zip",
         
"au" => "audio/basic",
         
"snd" => "audio/basic",
         
"mid" => "audio/midi",
         
"midi" => "audio/midi",
         
"kar" => "audio/midi",
         
"mpga" => "audio/mpeg",
         
"mp2" => "audio/mpeg",
         
"mp3" => "audio/mpeg",
         
"aif" => "audio/x-aiff",
         
"aiff" => "audio/x-aiff",
         
"aifc" => "audio/x-aiff",
         
"m3u" => "audio/x-mpegurl",
         
"ram" => "audio/x-pn-realaudio",
         
"rm" => "audio/x-pn-realaudio",
         
"rpm" => "audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin",
         
"ra" => "audio/x-realaudio",
         
"wav" => "audio/x-wav",
         
"pdb" => "chemical/x-pdb",
         
"xyz" => "chemical/x-xyz",
         
"bmp" => "image/bmp",
         
"gif" => "image/gif",
         
"ief" => "image/ief",
         
"jpeg" => "image/jpeg",
         
"jpg" => "image/jpeg",
         
"jpe" => "image/jpeg",
         
"png" => "image/png",
         
"tiff" => "image/tiff",
         
"tif" => "image/tif",
         
"djvu" => "image/vnd.djvu",
         
"djv" => "image/vnd.djvu",
         
"wbmp" => "image/vnd.wap.wbmp",
         
"ras" => "image/x-cmu-raster",
         
"pnm" => "image/x-portable-anymap",
         
"pbm" => "image/x-portable-bitmap",
         
"pgm" => "image/x-portable-graymap",
         
"ppm" => "image/x-portable-pixmap",
         
"rgb" => "image/x-rgb",
         
"xbm" => "image/x-xbitmap",
         
"xpm" => "image/x-xpixmap",
         
"xwd" => "image/x-windowdump",
         
"igs" => "model/iges",
         
"iges" => "model/iges",
         
"msh" => "model/mesh",
         
"mesh" => "model/mesh",
         
"silo" => "model/mesh",
         
"wrl" => "model/vrml",
         
"vrml" => "model/vrml",
         
"css" => "text/css",
         
"html" => "text/html",
         
"htm" => "text/html",
         
"asc" => "text/plain",
         
"txt" => "text/plain",
         
"rtx" => "text/richtext",
         
"rtf" => "text/rtf",
         
"sgml" => "text/sgml",
         
"sgm" => "text/sgml",
         
"tsv" => "text/tab-seperated-values",
         
"wml" => "text/vnd.wap.wml",
         
"wmls" => "text/vnd.wap.wmlscript",
         
"etx" => "text/x-setext",
         
"xml" => "text/xml",
         
"xsl" => "text/xml",
         
"mpeg" => "video/mpeg",
         
"mpg" => "video/mpeg",
         
"mpe" => "video/mpeg",
         
"qt" => "video/quicktime",
         
"mov" => "video/quicktime",
         
"mxu" => "video/vnd.mpegurl",
         
"avi" => "video/x-msvideo",
         
"movie" => "video/x-sgi-movie",
         
"ice" => "x-conference-xcooltalk"
      
);
   }
}
?>