$file->type()

$file->type(): string|null

Return type

string|null

Parent class

Kirby\Cms\File

Example

if($file = $page->file('myimage.jpg')):
    echo $file->type();
    // image
endif;


if($file = $page->file('terms.pdf')):
    echo $file->type();
    // document
endif;

if($file = $page->file('numbers.xls')):
    echo $file->type();
    // document
endif;


if($file = $page->file('software-1.0.0.zip')):
    echo $file->type();
    // archive
endif;


if($file = $page->file('some-movie.mov')):
    echo $file->type();
    // video
endif;


if($file = $page->file('styles.css')):
    echo $file->type();
    // code
endif;

All file types

Type	Extensions
image	jpg, gif, png, svg, ico, tiff, bmp, psd, ai, webp (since v3.2.0)
document	md, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, csv, rtf
archive	zip, tar, gz, gzip, tgz
code	js, css, html, xml, json
video	mov, avi, ogg, ogv, webm, flv, swf, mp4, mv4
audio	mp3, m4a, wav, aiff, midi