Install Fileinfo

[roopurt18]

I'm having a bear of a time installing the Fileinfo module.

Here is my test script:
[code]
<?php
  // fileinfo_test.php
  $fi = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME);
  echo (($out = finfo_file($fi, 'package.xml')) === false ? 'false' : $out) . "\n";
  finfo_close($fi);
?>
[/code]

Here is the error I get:
[b]Fatal error: Call to undefined function: finfo_open() in /home/webview/public_html/test/fileinfo_test.php on line 3[/b]

As root:
[code]
> find / -name "fileinfo.so"
/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/fileinfo.so

> find / -name "php.ini"
/scripts/php.ini
/usr/lib/php.ini
/usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/php.ini
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php.ini
/usr/local/lib/php.ini
[/code]

Now I have added into every single php.ini the following:
[code]
; If you wish to have an extension loaded automatically, use the following
; syntax:
;
;  extension=modulename.extension
;
; For example, on Windows:
;
;  extension=msql.dll
;
; ... or under UNIX:
;
;  extension=msql.so
;
; Note that it should be the name of the module only; no directory information
; needs to go here.  Specify the location of the extension with the
; extension_dir directive above.

mime_magic.magicfile = "/usr/share/file/magic.mime"
extension=fileinfo.so
[/code]

I then restart the apache server and my script still fails.

Any ideas?

[roopurt18]

I swear I did this once before, but perhaps it was in the wrong php.ini file; mental note: make sure you edit php.ini that is displayed in phpinfo().

I added:
[code]; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/" ;[/code]

Restarted the server and now phpinfo() is reporting fileinfo support.

However, now I get the errors:
[b]Warning: finfo_open() [function.finfo-open]: Failed to load magic database at '/usr/share/misc/magic'. in /home/webview/public_html/test/fileinfo_test.php on line 3

Warning: finfo_file(): supplied argument is not a valid file_info resource in /home/webview/public_html/test/fileinfo_test.php on line 4

Warning: finfo_close(): supplied argument is not a valid file_info resource in /home/webview/public_html/test/fileinfo_test.php on line 5[/b]

Anyways, I'm sure I'll figure it out shortly, just posting in case anyone runs into the same problem in the future.

[roopurt18]

If I call finfo_open like so:
  $fi = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/file/magic");

I receive no error.  If I leave off the second argument, I get the errors in the above post.

Now, looking at http://www.php.net/finfo_open, the following applies to the second argument:
[i]Name of a magic database file, usually something like /path/to/magic.mime. If not specified, MAGIC environment variable is used. If this variable is not set neither, /usr/share/misc/magic is used. .mime and/or .mgc is added if appropriate.[/i]

Now I've edited .bash_profile as both root and the regular user to have the lines:
[code]MAGIC=/usr/share/file/magic
export MAGIC[/code]

Logged everything out, went back in, and restarted the apache server.  Checking env at the command prompt reveals that MAGIC=/usr/share/file/magic.  The apache server is not running as nobody, but as the user whose .bash_profile I modified.

For the life of me I can't figure out why it's not using the default value I've specified in the MAGIC environment variable.

Any help?

[wildteen88]

finfo is not a PHP extension. It is a PEAR Module you will need to install PEAR first and then install the finfo PEAR module by running this command:
[code]$ pear install fileinfo[/code].

[roopurt18]

Thanks for the response wildteen.  That was done and it was during that process that the [i]/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/[/i] directory was created.

However I still had to go in and edit php.ini to include the DSO as an extension.  Everything works just fine now except when calling [b]finfo_open[/b] I have to pass the magic file to use, whereas on the old server I didn't.  That was the last thing I was trying to fix and I finally gave up and said, "Screw it."  I don't call it very often and I'm passing the path to the magic file as a constant defined in a central location so if I ever have to move hosts or change it, it will be a quick process.