[Exif - No Idea Where To Start]

Me again.... just a general question, I don't know where to start.

 

I need to display an image in full-screen size, plus add some simple slide-show features (next image, previous image, popup Exif-data when a link or button is pressed, and similar). Just a link or a reference to one of Larry's great books would help me get started.

 

thanks a lot

Matt

[Exif - No Idea Where To Start]

thanks guys. I'll take a look.

Matt

[Exif - No Idea Where To Start]

Now however I have a new problem. I want to display the thumbnail of the image and the EXIF data on one page. PHP doesn't like it.

 

I can EITHER show the thumbnail when it executes the header statement

header('Content-type: ' .image_type_to_mime_type($type));

but then it does not show any EXIF data

 

OR show the EXIF data by commenting out the header staement

but then it shows the thumbnail as a series of weird characters, like

 

1AQaq"2‘¡±B#ÁRÑð3$bár‚’CS

etc etc.

 

Any feedback appreciated!

thanks,

Matt

<?php
define('MYFILE', 'Avatars\Image17IR.jpg') ;

$width = 0;
$height = 0 ;
$type = '' ;
$imgdat = exif_thumbnail(MYFILE, $width, $height, $type);
if ($imgdat!==false) {
    
    // when the 2 lines below are executed, the thumbnail is shown, but nothing further
    // when the 2 lines below are commented out, the exif data is shown, but the thumbnail is output as garbage
    header('Content-type: ' .image_type_to_mime_type($type));
    echo $imgdat;

    $exif = exif_read_data(MYFILE, 0, true);
    print "<table border=\"1\"><tr><td>Key</td><td>Name</td><td>Value</td></tr><tr>" ;
    foreach ($exif as $key => $section) {
        foreach ($section as $name => $val) {
        print "<td>" . $key . "</td>" ;
        print "<td>" . $name . "</td>" ;
        print "<td>" . $val . "</td>" ;
        print "</tr>" ;    
        }
    }
    print "</table>" ;
   
    // shows garbage, not the image
     echo $imgdat ;
}
?>

[Exif - No Idea Where To Start]

thanks Larry. Works like a charm.

For anybody else who might needs this info, here is the section of my php.ini file

 

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Dynamic Extensions ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; If you wish to have an extension loaded automatically, use the following
; syntax:
;
;   extension=modulename.extension
;
; For example, on Windows:
;
;   extension=msql.dll

, make sure the 2 lines below are un-commented
;

extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_exif.dll

[Exif - No Idea Where To Start]

Hi,

I should retrieve meta-data from image (jpg) files programatically in PHP and display them on a web-form. I googled a bit but what I found doesn't make much sense to me. It says something about compiling PHP which is puzzling. I never had to do that.

 

I installed XAMPP in Windows XP that lets me use PHP and mySQL and everything goes smooth so far with the help of two of Larry's books. I never had to compile anything. However in the books there is no reference to EXIF. Does anybody have a link where to start? Or even a book, I wouldn't mind ordering it.

 

thanks in advance

Matt