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Bug #54241 PHP fails with newer fileinfo magic files
Submitted: 2011-03-13 11:29 UTC Modified: 2016-11-24 15:03 UTC
Votes:9
Avg. Score:4.6 ± 0.8
Reproduced:7 of 7 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (28.6%)
Same OS:3 (42.9%)
From: olemarkus at gentoo dot org Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.3.6RC3 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-03-13 11:29 UTC] olemarkus at gentoo dot org 
Description:
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PHP fails if one use the magic file shipped with file 5.05. The reason is that newer version(s) of file use libmagic version unsupported by the one bundled with PHP

Test script:
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<?php
    $fileinfo=new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME, "/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc");
    var_dump($fileinfo->file("/tmp/test.jpg"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
string(26) "image/jpeg; charset=binary" 

Actual result:
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Warning: finfo::finfo(): Failed to load magic database at
'/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc'. in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/fileinfo.php on line
2 
Warning: finfo::file(): The invalid fileinfo object. in
/var/www/localhost/htdocs/fileinfo.php on line 3 bool(false)

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 [2014-02-25 19:24 UTC] devurandom at gmx dot net 
See-Also: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66095
 [2016-08-26 13:56 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Filesystem function related +Package: Unknown/Other Function
 [2016-11-24 15:03 UTC] ab@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2016-11-24 15:03 UTC] ab@php.net 
See bug #66885.

Thanks.
 
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