title: How to determine MIME Type set by htaccess in PHP
body: <p>I have a .htaccess file set up to define specific MIME types in directory root/a/b/, and all of the files are in the same directory.</p>
  
  <p>I have a php file that wants to serve those files, in directory root/c/, and needs to determine the content-type as defined by the .htaccess file.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to do this?  PHP version is 5.1.6.  <code>mime_content_type</code> returns <code>text/plain</code>, and I'd rather not try to parse the .htaccess file manually.  I can move the file if necessary.</p>