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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

exif_imagetype -- Determine the type of an image

Description

int exif_imagetype ( string filename )

exif_imagetype() reads the first bytes of an image and checks its signature.

exif_imagetype() can be used to avoid calls to other exif functions with unsupported file types or in conjunction with $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] to check whether or not the viewer is able to see a specific image in the browser.

Parameters

filename

The image being checked.

Return Values

When a correct signature is found, the appropriate constant value will be returned otherwise the return value is FALSE . The return value is the same value that getimagesize() returns in index 2 but exif_imagetype() is much faster.

ChangeLog

Version Description 4.3.2 Support for JPC , JP2 , JPX , JB2 , XBM , and WBMP 4.3.0 Support for SWC

Predefined Constants

The following constants are defined, and represent possible exif_imagetype() return values:

Table 1. Imagetype Constants

Value Constant 1 IMAGETYPE_GIF 2 IMAGETYPE_JPEG 3 IMAGETYPE_PNG 4 IMAGETYPE_SWF 5 IMAGETYPE_PSD 6 IMAGETYPE_BMP 7 IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II (intel byte order) 8 IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM (motorola byte order) 9 IMAGETYPE_JPC 10 IMAGETYPE_JP2 11 IMAGETYPE_JPX 12 IMAGETYPE_JB2 13 IMAGETYPE_SWC 14 IMAGETYPE_IFF 15 IMAGETYPE_WBMP 16 IMAGETYPE_XBM

Examples

Example 1. exif_imagetype() example

<?php
if (exif_imagetype('image.gif') != IMAGETYPE_GIF) {
    echo 'The picture is not a gif';
}
?>

Related Function(s)

getimagesize()