# PHP Fileinfo functions not working **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php-fileinfo-functions-not-working/21671 "2011-10-31T23:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php-fileinfo-functions-not-working/21671/1 "2011-10-31T23:36:02Z")
I’ve installed fileinfo PECL extension but I still receive this error:[color=blue] > Fatal error: Call to undefined function finfo\_open() in > /home/alex/public\_html/mime.php on line 3[/color] > The strange thing is it’s not working if PHP’s used as an apache > module, but if I run[color=blue] > php -r “phpinfo();” | grep “fileinfo”[/color] > in terminal I receive[color=blue] > /etc/php5/conf.d/fileinfo.ini, > fileinfo > fileinfo support =\> enabled[/color] > SLED-11 SP1, php-5.2.14, apache-2.2.10 > Is there a workaround to make it work? ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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And also in cli[color=blue] > php -r “print\_r(get\_defined\_functions());” | grep “finfo” > [727] =\> finfo\_open > [728] =\> finfo\_close > [729] =\> finfo\_set\_flags > [730] =\> finfo\_file > [731] =\> finfo\_buffer[/color] > But it doesn’t work with apache. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:36:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I’ve installed fileinfo PECL extension but I still receive this error:[color=green] > > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function finfo\_open() in > > /home/alex/public\_html/mime.php on line 3[/color] > > The strange thing is it’s not working if PHP’s used as an apache > > module, but if I run[color=green] > > php -r “phpinfo();” | grep “fileinfo”[/color] > > in terminal I receive[color=green] > > /etc/php5/conf.d/fileinfo.ini, > > fileinfo > > fileinfo support =\> enabled[/color] > > SLED-11 SP1, php-5.2.14, apache-2.2.10 > > Is there a workaround to make it work? > > [/color] > Hi > php5-fileinfo from where, it’s not in the normal repositories? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 9:35, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.07, 0.11 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
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I’ve rebuilt an OpenSUSE src package. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:56:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I’ve rebuilt an OpenSUSE src package. > > [/color] > Hi > I would look at trying the second one in the list… > [http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude\_debug=true](http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude_debug=true) I’m assuming the first one in the above list must match your php version. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 10:05, 3 users, load average: 0.31, 0.24, 0.17 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/php-fileinfo-functions-not-working/21671/6 "2011-11-01T09:56:02Z")
malcolmlewis;2150357 Wrote:[color=blue] > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:56:02 GMT > AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > [color=green] > > > I’ve rebuilt an OpenSUSE src package. > > > > [/color] > > Hi > > I would look at trying the second one in the list… > > ‘[software.opensuse.org](http://software.opensuse.org): Search Results’ > > ([http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude\_debug=true](http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude_debug=true)) > > I’m assuming the first one in the above list must match your php > version. > > – > Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) > openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop > up 10:05, 3 users, load average: 0.31, 0.24, 0.17 > GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09[/color] It suggests to change php version to the OpenSUSE latest 5.3.8 with vendor change, though I have 5.2.14. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:56:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > malcolmlewis;2150357 Wrote:[color=green] > > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:56:02 GMT > > AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > > [color=darkred] > > > > > I’ve rebuilt an OpenSUSE src package. > > > > > > [/color] > > > Hi > > > I would look at trying the second one in the list… > > > ‘[software.opensuse.org](http://software.opensuse.org): Search Results’ > > > ([http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude\_debug=true](http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=php5-fileinfo&baseproject=SUSE%3ASLE-11%3ASP1&lang=en&exclude_debug=true)) > > > > I’m assuming the first one in the above list must match your php > > version. > > [/color] > > It suggests to change php version to the OpenSUSE latest 5.3.8 with > > vendor change, though I have 5.2.14. > > [/color] > Hi > So what happens if you grab the php5 src rpm for the installed version > and rebuild that rpm, it should produce the php5-fileinfo rpm. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 2 days 2:35, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
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I simply can’t download it. When I try it asks for authorization and my usual Novell account data doesn’t work. So I’m not permitted to do that. May be it’s just a Novell problem? It happens that sometimes I can’t post here (though I’m logged in it still requires authorization). ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:46:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I simply can’t download it. When I try it asks for authorization and > my usual Novell account data doesn’t work. So I’m not permitted to do > that. > May be it’s just a Novell problem? It happens that sometimes I can’t > post here (though I’m logged in it still requires authorization). > > [/color] > Hi > Clear all the Novell cookies from your browser cache. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 2 days 8:08, 5 users, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.13 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
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I did but authorization is still required. And my Novell account data isn’t valid to download the package. It’s strange, but at the moment I can’t download anything from Novell. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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I’ve cleared cookies and generated new credentials according to this’ note ’ ([http://support.novell.com/linux/sources.html#code10note](http://support.novell.com/linux/sources.html#code10note)) but anyway I receive:[color=blue] > 403 Forbidden > > Access to this page is restricted because of access control policies.[/color] ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:06:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I’ve cleared cookies and generated new credentials according to this’ > note ’ ([http://support.novell.com/linux/sources.html#code10note](http://support.novell.com/linux/sources.html#code10note)) but > anyway I receive:[color=green] > > > 403 Forbidden > > > > Access to this page is restricted because of access control > > policies.[/color] > > [/color] > Hi > Weird, normally cleaning them out works. Did you try an alternative > browser, or perhaps different machine? Can you provide the download link your trying to use. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 3 days 0:18, 5 users, load average: 0.11, 0.25, 0.23 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
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Here is the link [https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-SDK-Updates/sle-11-i586/rpm/src/](https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-SDK-Updates/sle-11-i586/rpm/src/) Yes, I tried other browser and computer. Yes, I was able to log in to SLED updates page but not to the SDK updates. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:46:01 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Here is the link > [https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-SDK-Updates/sle-11-i586/rpm/src/](https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLE11-SP1-SDK-Updates/sle-11-i586/rpm/src/) > Yes, I tried other browser and computer. Yes, I was able to log in to > SLED updates page but not to the SDK updates. > > [/color] > Hi > That link requires your mirror credentials to login. Had a look at the source and I have the feeling that fileinfo is not available for that release, can’t see it in the configure output. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 3 days 4:01, 6 users, load average: 0.93, 0.93, 0.94 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
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Hi, Malcolm! I gave up trying to configure Novell’s PHP and compiled my own instance of Apache+PHP. Of course everything is included. Fortunately I had enough time in late September to wipe away SLED from my notebooks and install another much more stable and reliable OS on them. I’ve left only one installation on my personal laptop just for testing (of course not the primary installation), but after installing several drivers, PHP and many other things from sources, Document Foundation’s LibreOffice only because Novell’s versions are crap there’s not much left of SLED. I had to change my hosting provider as well because they use SLES on their server (that’s why I wanted to keep and configure my SLED - to be able to test scripts in the native environment) and fileinfo and some other functions are not available there. ## – AlexDudko AlexDudko’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=100476) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447581) ---
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:36:02 GMT AlexDudko [AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:AlexDudko@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Hi, Malcolm! > I gave up trying to configure Novell’s PHP and compiled my own > instance of Apache+PHP. Of course everything is included. > Fortunately I had enough time in late September to wipe away SLED from > my notebooks and install another much more stable and reliable OS on > them. I’ve left only one installation on my personal laptop just for > testing (of course not the primary installation), but after installing > several drivers, PHP and many other things from sources, Document > Foundation’s LibreOffice only because Novell’s versions are crap > there’s not much left of SLED. > I had to change my hosting provider as well because they use SLES on > their server (that’s why I wanted to keep and configure my SLED - to > be able to test scripts in the native environment) and fileinfo and > some other functions are not available there. > > [/color] > Hi > My only concern would be keeping up with with the security issues, one > of the bonuses is that CVE fixes aren’t public and are fixed > before anyone gets wind of issues from the distributions. My suggestion is pull the version from the distro that your running… Best of luck and will always be lurking 😉 – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 3 days 7:46, 5 users, load average: 0.13, 0.15, 0.14 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09