php-doc-en/reference/image/functions/exif-read-data.xml
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<refentry id="function.exif-read-data">
<refnamediv>
<refname>exif_read_data</refname>
<refpurpose>Reads the <acronym>EXIF</acronym> headers from <acronym>JPEG</acronym>
or <acronym>TIFF</acronym>. This way you can read meta data generated by digital
cameras.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>exif_read_data</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>sections</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>arrays</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>thumbnail</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
The <function>exif_read_data</function> function reads the
EXIF headers from a JPEG or TIFF image file. It returns an associative
array where the indexes are the header names and the values
are the values associated with those headers. If no data can be returned
the result is &false;.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>filename</parameter> is the name of the file to read. This
cannot be a URL.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>sections</parameter> is a comma separated list of sections that
need to be present in file to produce a result array. If none of the
requested sections could be found the return value is &false;.
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>FILE</entry>
<entry>FileName, FileSize, FileDateTime, SectionsFound</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>COMPUTED</entry>
<entry>html, Width, Height, IsColor and some more if available.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ANY_TAG</entry>
<entry>Any information that has a Tag e.g. IFD0, EXIF, ...</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IFD0</entry>
<entry>All tagged data of IFD0. In normal imagefiles this contains
image size and so forth.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>THUMBNAIL</entry>
<entry>A file is supposed to contain a thumbnail if it has a second IFD.
All tagged information about the embedded thumbnail is stored in this
section.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>COMMENT</entry>
<entry>Comment headers of JPEG images.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EXIF</entry>
<entry>The EXIF section is a sub section of IFD0. It contains
more detailed information about an image. Most of these entries
are digital camera related.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
<parameter>arrays</parameter> specifies whether or not each section
becomes an array. The sections <emphasis>COMPUTED</emphasis>,
<emphasis>THUMBNAIL</emphasis> and <emphasis>COMMENT</emphasis> allways
become arrays as they may contain values whose names are conflict
with other sections.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>thumbnail</parameter> whether or not to read the thumbnail
itself and not only its tagged data.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Exif headers tend to be present in JPEG/TIFF images generated by digital
cameras, but unfortunately each digital camera maker has a different
idea of how to actually tag their images, so you can't always rely on
a specific Exif header being present.
</para>
<para>
Windows ME/XP both can wipe the Exif headers when connecting to a camera.
More information available at <ulink
url="&url.winexif;">&url.winexif;</ulink>.
</para>
</note>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>exif_read_data</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo "test1.jpg:<br />\n";
$exif = exif_read_data('tests/test1.jpg', 'IFD0');
echo $exif===false ? "No header data found.<br />\n" : "Image contains headers<br />";
$exif = exif_read_data('tests/test2.jpg', 0, true);
echo "test2.jpg:<br />\n";
foreach ($exif as $key => $section) {
foreach ($section as $name => $val) {
echo "$key.$name: $val<br />\n";
}
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
The first call fails because the image has no header information.
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
test1.jpg:
No header data found.
test2.jpg:
FILE.FileName: test2.jpg
FILE.FileDateTime: 1017666176
FILE.FileSize: 1240
FILE.FileType: 2
FILE.SectionsFound: ANY_TAG, IFD0, THUMBNAIL, COMMENT
COMPUTED.html: width="1" height="1"
COMPUTED.Height: 1
COMPUTED.Width: 1
COMPUTED.IsColor: 1
COMPUTED.ByteOrderMotorola: 1
COMPUTED.UserComment: Exif test image.
COMPUTED.UserCommentEncoding: ASCII
COMPUTED.Copyright: Photo (c) M.Boerger, Edited by M.Boerger.
COMPUTED.Copyright.Photographer: Photo (c) M.Boerger
COMPUTED.Copyright.Editor: Edited by M.Boerger.
IFD0.Copyright: Photo (c) M.Boerger
IFD0.UserComment: ASCII
THUMBNAIL.JPEGInterchangeFormat: 134
THUMBNAIL.JPEGInterchangeFormatLength: 523
COMMENT.0: Comment #1.
COMMENT.1: Comment #2.
COMMENT.2: Comment #3end
THUMBNAIL.JPEGInterchangeFormat: 134
THUMBNAIL.Thumbnail.Height: 1
THUMBNAIL.Thumbnail.Height: 1
]]>
</screen>
</para>
</example>
</para>
<note>
<para>
If the image contains any IFD0 data then COMPUTED contains the entry
ByteOrderMotorola which is 0 for little-endian (intel) and 1 for
big-endian (motorola) byte order. This was added in PHP 4.3.
</para>
<para>
When an Exif header contains a Copyright note this itself can contain two
values. As the solution is inconsistent in the Exif 2.10 standard the COMPUTED
section will return both entries <emphasis>Copyright.Photographer</emphasis>
and <emphasis>Copyright.Editor</emphasis> while the IFD0 sections contains
the byte array with the NULL character that splits both entries. Or just the
first entry if the datatype was wrong (normal behaviour of Exif). The
COMPUTED will contain also an entry <emphasis>Copyright</emphasis> Which
is either the original copyright string or it is a comma separated list of
photo and editor copyright.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
The tag UserComment has the same problem as the Copyright tag. It can store
two values first the encoding used and second the value itself. If so the
IFD section only contains the encoding or a byte array. The COMPUTED section
will store both in the entries <emphasis>UserCommentEncoding</emphasis> and
<emphasis>UserComment</emphasis>. The entry <emphasis>UserComment</emphasis>
is available in both cases so it should be used in preference to the value
in IFD0 section.
</para>
<para>
If the user comment uses Unicode or JIS encoding and the module mbstring is
available this encoding will automatically changed according to the exif
ini settings in the &php.ini;. This was added in PHP 4.3.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
Height and Width are computed the same way <function>getimagesize</function>
does so their values must not be part of any header returned. Also html is
a height/width text string to be used inside normal <acronym>HTML</acronym>.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
Starting from PHP 4.3 the function can read all embedded <acronym>IFD</acronym>
data including arrays (returned as such). Also the size of an embedded thumbnail
is returned in <emphasis>THUMBNAIL</emphasis> subarray and the function
<function>exif_read_data</function> can return thumbnails in <acronym>TIFF</acronym>
format. Last but not least there is no longer a maximum length for returned
values (not until memory limit is reached).
</para>
</note>
<note>
<simpara>
This function is only available in PHP 4 compiled using
<option role="configure">--enable-exif</option>.
Its functionality and behaviour has changed in PHP 4.2. Earlier versions
are very unstable.
</simpara>
<simpara>
Since PHP 4.3 user comment can automatically change encoding if PHP 4 was
compiled using <option role="configure">--enable-mbstring</option>.
</simpara>
<simpara>
This function does not require the GD image library.
</simpara>
<simpara>
See also <function>exif_thumbnail</function> and <function>getimagesize</function>.
</simpara>
</note>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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