public static function check_alias($ext='', $mime='') {
		// Standardize inputs.
		$mime = strtolower(sanitize_mime_type($mime));
		$ext = trim(strtolower($ext));
		$ext = ltrim($ext, '.');

		// Can't continue if the extension is not in the database.
		if (false === ($mimes = static::get_aliases($ext))) {
			// Filter.
			return apply_filters('blobmimes_check_mime_alias', false, $ext, $mime);
		}

		// Before looking for matches, convert any generic CDFV2
		// types into an equally generic, but less variable type.
		if (0 === strpos($mime, 'application/cdfv2')) {
			$mime = 'application/vnd.ms-office';
		}

		// "Default" MIME might not need to trigger a failure.
		if ('application/octet-stream' === $mime) {
			// Filter.
			if (false === apply_filters('blobmimes_check_application_octet_stream', false)) {
				return apply_filters('blobmimes_check_mime_alias', true, $ext, $mime);
			}
		}
		// An empty file doesn't really have a type.
		elseif ('inode/x-empty' === $mime) {
			return apply_filters('blobmimes_check_mime_alias', true, $ext, $mime);
		}

		// Test for the literal MIME, but also certain generic
		// variations like x-subtype and vnd.subtype.
		$test = array($mime);

		$parts = explode('/', $mime);
		$subtype = count($parts) - 1;
		if ('x-' === substr($parts[$subtype], 0, 2)) {
			$parts[$subtype] = substr($parts[$subtype], 2);
		} else {
			$parts[$subtype] = 'x-' . $parts[$subtype];
		}
		$test[] = implode('/', $parts);

		$parts = explode('/', $mime);
		$subtype = count($parts) - 1;
		if ('vnd.' === substr($parts[$subtype], 0, 4)) {
			$parts[$subtype] = substr($parts[$subtype], 4);
		} else {
			$parts[$subtype] = 'vnd.' . $parts[$subtype];
		}
		$test[] = implode('/', $parts);

		// Overlap is success!
		$found = array_intersect($test, $mimes);
		$match = count($found) > 0;

		// Filter.
		return apply_filters('blobmimes_check_mime_alias', $match, $ext, $mime);
	}