PHP function mime_content_type not working

[davenote]

The PHP function mime_content_type is no longer working. Perhaps this is due to the recent migration? The error message returned is "Fatal error: Call to undefined function mime_content_type()"
example:
echo mime_content_type('php.gif') . "\n"; // should return the string image/gif

See http://libertygeneralbaptistchurch.org/?q=photo_folder_pager for an example of the error message which is returned now.
The last known date that I navigated to that page and did not receive an error was April 17, 2014.

 

[davenote]

UPDATE : I have changed my code to use pathinfo('filename', PATHINFO_EXTENSION) instead of mime_content_type as a workaround.
I am not sure if this a very good solution and would still appreciate an update.

 

[Dead-i]

We use a modern, up-to-date version of PHP on x10, and it looks like that function is deprecated. Perhaps this is the reason?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mime-content-type.php

 

[davenote]

We use a modern, up-to-date version of PHP on x10, and it looks like that function is deprecated. Perhaps this is the reason?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mime-content-type.php

I noticed in the manual that mime_content_type is depreciated but it is still supported in PHP ver 5. I am using the function on another site / server which is running PHP Ver 5.2.17. It runs correctly on that site.

 

[bdistler]

all three free-hosting servers are using PHP version ==> 5.4.27 <==

 

[davenote]

all three free-hosting servers are using PHP version ==> 5.4.27 <==

Was an upgrade to PHP part of the migration?

The function mime_content_type still seems supported in PHP ver 5.3.x and 5.4.x. See the following documents for ver 5.4
Backward Incompatible Changes
http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration54.incompatible.php
and
Deprecated features in PHP 5.4.x
http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration54.deprecated.php