MIME expands Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions. It is used to classify the file types on Internet.
Sometimes, the browser can not understand the file types of a file. At that time, we can instructs to browser, what file type is? using .htaccess. We can also create custom file type using it.
Syntax:
AddType text/plain .txt
where,
AddType - means that you are adding a new file type to MIME types.
text/plain - MIME type
.txt - extensions
Example:
AddType application/pdf .pf
AddType application/zip .zip
AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg
Most Common MIME Types:
.3dm - x-world/x-3dmf
.3dmf - x-world/x-3dmf
.a - application/octet-stream
.aab - application/x-authorware-bin
.aam - application/x-authorware-map
.aas - application/x-authorware-seg
.abc - text/vnd.abc
.acgi - text/html
.afl - viedo/animaflex
.aif - audio/aiff
.aif - audio/x-aiff
.aifc - audio/aiff
.aif - audio/x-aiff
.aiff - audio/aiff
.aiff - audio/x-aiff
.aim - application/x-aim
.aip - text/x-audiosoft-intra
.ani - application/x-navi-animation
.aos - application/x-nokia-9000-communicator-add-on-software
.aps - application/mime
.arc - application/octet-stream
.arj - application/arj
.arj - application/octet-stream
.art - image/x-jg
.asf - video/x-ms-asf
.asm - text/x-asm
.asp - text/asp
.asx - application/x-mplayer2
.asx - video/x-ms-asf
.asx - video/x-ms-asf-plugin
.au - audio/basic
.au - audio/x-au
.avi - application/x-troff-msvideo
.avi - video/avi
.avi - video/msvideo
.avi - video/x-msvideo
.avs - video/avs-video
.bcpio - application/x-bcpio
.bin - application/mac-bimary
.bin - application/macbinary
.bin - application/octet-stream
.bin - application/x-binary
.bin - application/x-macbinary
.bm - image/bmp
.bmp - image/bmp
.bmp - image/x-windows-bmp
.boo - application/book
.book - application/book
.boz - application/x-bzip2
.bsh - application/x-bsh
.bz - application/x-bzip
.bz2 - application/x-bzip2
.c - text/plain
.c - text/x-c
.c++ - text/plain
.cat - application/vnd.ms-pki.seccat
.cc - text/plain
.cc - text/x-c
.ccad - application/clariscad
.cco - application/x-cocoa
.cdf - application/cdf
.cdf - application/x-cdf
.cdf - application/x-netcdf
.cer - application/pkix-cert
.cer - application/x-x509-ca-cert
.cha - application/x-chat
.chat - application/x-chat
.class - application/java
.class - application/java-byte-code
.class - application/x-java-class
.com - application/octet-stream
.com - text/plain
.conf - text/plain
.cpio - application/x-cpio
.cpp - text/x-c
.cpt - application/mac-compactpro
.cpt - application/x-compactpro
.cpt - application/x-cpt
.crl - application/pkcs-crl
.crl - application/pkix-crl
.crt - application/pkix-cert
.crt - application/x-x509-ca-cert
.crt - application/x-x509-user-cert
.csh - application/x-csh
.csh - text/x-script.csh
.css - application/x-pointplus
.css - text/css
.cxx - text/plain
.dcr - application/x-director
.deepv - application/x-deepv
.def - text/plani
.der - application/x-x509-ca-cert
.dif - video/x-dv
.dir - application/x-director
.dl - video/dl
.dl - video/x-dl
.doc - application/msword
.dot - application/msword
.dp - application/commonground
.drw - application/drafting
.dump - application/octet-stream
.dv - video/x-dv
.dvi - application/x-dvi
.dwf - drawing/x-dwf (old)
.dwf - model/vnd.dwf
.dwg - application/acad
.dwg - image/vnd.dwg
.dwg - image/x-dwg
.dxf - application/dxf
.dxf - image/vnd.dwg
.dxf - image/x-dwg
.dxr - application/x-director
.el - text/x-script.elisp
.elc - application/x-bytecode.elisp
.elc - application/x-elc
.env - application/x-envoy
.eps - application/postscript
.es - application/x-esrehber
.etx - text/x-setext
.evy - application/envoy
.evy - application/x-envoy
.exe - application/octet-stream
.f - text/plain
.gif - image/gif
.gl - video/gl
.gsm - audio/x-gsm
.gz - application/x-compressed
.gz - application/x-gzip
.gzip - application/x-gzip
.gzip - multipart/x-gzip
.htc - text/x-component
.htm - text/html
.html - text/html
.htmls - text/html
.htx - text/html
.ico - image/x-icon
.ima - application/x-ima
.imap - aplication/x-httpd-imap
.jav - text/x-java-source
.java - text/plain
.java - text/x-java-source
.jpe - image/jpeg
.jpe - image/pjpeg
.jpeg - image/jpeg
.jpeg - image/pjpeg
.jpg - image/jpeg
.jpg - image/pjpeg
.js - application/x-javascript
.js - application/javascript
.js - text/javascript
.ksh - application/x-ksh
.list - text/plain
.m1v - video/mpeg
.m2a - audio/mpeg
.m3u - audio/x-mpequrl
.mht - message/rfc822
.mhtml - message/rfc822
.mif - application/x-iframe
.mif - application/x-mif
.mime - message/rfc822
.mime - www/mime
.mod - audio/mod
.mod - audio/x-mod
.movie - video/x-sgi-movie
.mp2 - audio/mpeg
.mp2 - audio/x-mpeg
.mp2 - video/mpeg
.mp2 - video/x-mpeg
.mp2 - video/x-mpeg2a
.mp3 - audio/mpeg3
.mp3 - audio/x-mpeg3
.mp3 - video/mpeg
.mp3 - video/x-mpeg
.nif - image/x-niff
.niff - image/x-niff
.omc - application/x-omc
.omcd - application/x-omcdatemaker
.omcr - application/x-omcregerator
.part - application/pro-eng
.pas - text/pascal
.pic - image/pict
.pict - image/pict
.png - image/png
.ppm - image/x-portable-pixmap
.pps - application/mspowerpoint
.ppt - application/powerpoint
.qcp - audio/vnd.qcelp
.rpm - audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
.rt - text/richtext
.rtf - application/rtf
.sdp - application/sdp
.sgm - text/sgml
.sgm - text/x-sgml
.sgml - text/sgml
.sgml - text/x-sgml
.shtml - text/html
.spr - application/x-sprite
.sprite - application/x-sprite
.src - application/x-wais-source
.swf - application/x-shockwave-flash
.tex - application/x-tex
.texi - application/x-texinfo
.texinfo - application/x-texinfo
.text - application/plain
.text - text/plain
.txt - text/plain
.unv - application/i-deas
.vcd - application/x-cdlink
.voc - audio/voc
.vos - video/vosaic
.wav - audio/wav
.wav - audio/x-wav
.wmf - windows/metafile
.wpd - application/wordperfect
.wsc - text/scriplet
.xl - application/excel
.xla - application/excel
.xla - application/x-excel
.xla - application/x-msexcel
.xlb - application/excel
.xm - application/xml
.z - application/x-compress
.z - application/x-compressed
.zip - application/x-compressed
.zip - application/x-zip-compressed
.zip - application/zip
.zip - application/x-zip
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