wp_ext2type( string $ext ): string|void

Parameters

$extstring

The extension to search.

Return

string|void

The file type, example: audio, video, document, spreadsheet, etc.

Uses · 1

• wp_get_ext_types()Retrieves the list of common file extensions and their types.

Used by · 3

• wp_ajax_send_link_to_editor()Handles sending a link to the editor via AJAX.
• wp_media_upload_handler()Handles the process of uploading media.
• wp_mime_type_icon()Retrieves the icon for a MIME type or attachment.

Source

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3000function wp_ext2type( $ext ) {3001	$ext = strtolower( $ext );3002 3003	$ext2type = wp_get_ext_types();3004	foreach ( $ext2type as $type => $exts ) {3005		if ( in_array( $ext, $exts, true ) ) {3006			return $type;3007		}3008	}3009}

History

Introduced in 2.5.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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