[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4615: Allow more open document formats

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#4615: Allow more open document formats
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 Reporter:  nbachiyski      |        Owner:  anonymous  
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.3 (trunk)
Component:  Administration  |      Version:             
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment (by Otto42):

 I suggest moving wp_check_filetype() into pluggable.php entirely and
 wrapping it with an if ( !function_exists('wp_check_filetype') ) test
 entirely.

 Why? Well..

 While adding new filetypes can be done through a filter, it's somewhat
 annoying to have to have a plugin or hack the core or mess with your theme
 just to modify your allowed filetypes.

 Also, the current method of having it check by extension is kind of
 annoying to begin with. It would be nice if we could check by the file
 content using fileinfo or something (if you have that PECL extension) or
 looking it up in /etc/mime.types (via mime_content_type() ) or some other
 way that I cannot describe. Making it pluggable would allow a plugin to
 replace that function entirely instead of just adding types.

 So while I give a +1 to adding more formats, this patch doesn't go far
 enough, IMO. The entire function should be made pluggable.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4615#comment:6>
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