📚 Doc: explain what MIMETypes does to an existing format

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Description

docs/api/bind.md documents custom binders with a YAML example, where MIMETypes returning []string{"application/yaml"} is obviously right because nothing else handles that type. The page never says what happens when a binder claims a type a built-in already handles, and the doc comment on Bind.Body had the precedence backwards.

Verified on fe38a78e:

• A binder returning []string{fiber.MIMEApplicationJSON} handles every Bind().Body() call in the application. The custom binder loop runs before the content-type switch (bind.go:403), so the built-in JSON decoder never runs. Registering a strict binder that way is an app-wide change, not a per-call one.
• A binder returning nil is opt-in: slices.Contains(nil, ctype) is false, so Body keeps using the built-in decoder and the binder is reachable only through Bind().Custom(name, dest).

The second form is what #2858 asks for, and it works today without new API:

type strictJSON struct{}

func (strictJSON) Name() string        { return "strict" }
func (strictJSON) MIMETypes() []string { return nil }

func (strictJSON) Parse(c fiber.Ctx, out any) error {
    d := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(c.Body()))
    d.DisallowUnknownFields()
    return d.Decode(out)
}

On {"name":"john","admin":true}, c.Bind().Custom("strict", &p) returns json: unknown field "admin" and c.Bind().Body(&p) binds normally.

Fixes #2858

Changes introduced

• Documentation Update: two subsections under Custom in docs/api/bind.md. A table of what MIMETypes does to Bind().Custom and Bind().Body, and an "Overriding a built-in format" section with the opt-in example above.
• bind.go: the doc comment on Body said custom binders are consulted "if none of the content types above are matched". They are consulted first and win. Corrected.

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• Documentation update (changes to documentation)

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Walkthrough

The PR updates Bind.Body documentation and the API guide. It documents supported content types, custom binder precedence, MIMETypes() reachability, built-in format overrides, and named strict JSON decoding. No runtime logic changes.

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Binder documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Binder dispatch documentation bind.go, docs/api/bind.md	The documentation explains custom binder precedence, MIMETypes() reachability, supported content types, built-in format overrides, unmatched content errors, and route-specific strict JSON decoding.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c48af

This change clarifies custom binder precedence and strict JSON binder usage without modifying runtime behavior. No current merge-readiness risk is identified.

Poem

A rabbit reads the binder guide,
MIME types hop from side to side,
Strict JSON guards the gate,
Built-in formats know their fate,
Clear docs bloom by moonlight.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The PR documents an existing custom-binder workaround for strict JSON parsing, but issue #2858 requests configurable DisallowUnknownFields options for BodyParser. The PR does not add those options or …	Implement the requested BodyParser options, or remove the issue linkage and state that this PR only documents an existing Bind().Custom workaround for the requested behavior.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the documentation change and the MIMETypes behavior it explains.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, documents the changes, links issue #2858, provides an example, and identifies the change as documentation. Some template checklist items remain unchecked, but the…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to Bind.Body documentation and related documentation for custom binder MIME type behavior. They align with the stated PR objectives and contain no unrelated code changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…

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The PR documents an existing custom-binder workaround for strict JSON parsing, but issue #2858 requests configurable DisallowUnknownFields options for BodyParser. The PR does not add those options or modify BodyParser.

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Pull request overview

This PR clarifies how custom binders interact with Bind().Body() vs Bind().Custom(), especially when a binder claims a MIME type already supported by Fiber’s built-in decoders, and corrects the Bind.Body doc comment to reflect actual precedence.

Changes:

• Documented MIMETypes() behavior/precedence with a table explaining reachability via Bind().Custom() and Bind().Body().
• Added an “Overriding a built-in format” subsection showing an opt-in strict JSON binder (MIMETypes() == nil) callable by name.
• Updated Bind.Body doc comment to state custom binders run before the built-in content-type switch.

File summaries

File	Description
docs/api/bind.md	Adds explicit documentation for MIMETypes() precedence and an opt-in strict JSON custom binder example.
bind.go	Updates Bind.Body doc comment to reflect that custom binders are consulted first.

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In `@bind.go`:
- Line 399: Correct the grammar in the comment describing the unmatched
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