$file->type()

$file->type(): string|null

Return types

stringornull

This method modifies the existing $file object it is applied to and returns it again.

Parent class

Kirby\Cms\File

All file types

Type	Extensions
image	jpg, gif, png, svg, ico, tiff, bmp, psd, ai, webp
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

Examples:

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;