EXIF data (outdated)

[pixelpunk]

For Exif data you need to have PHP compiled with --enable-exif flag. pixelpost admin panel will report if you have an exif-enabled install or not. If you do, pixelpost will automatically try to retrieve data from images. Exif support is not very tested, it works on my install with my camera and my images.

It might be shaky.

If anyone know of another way to retrieve exif-information without relying on php being compiled with enable-exif, please tell me. It don't appear to be the most common thing.

Also, bare in mind that the most widely used image-editing software, the almighty Adobe Photoshop, kills all exif data in any file touched by the application.

Update:

Guest helped me on this one, together with GreenTraveler:
You can preserve EXIF data in photoshop if you just do a save or save as instead of "Save for Web". Of course this only works if you've edited your image without using layers. The latest version of Photoshop (CS) supposedly saves EXIF data..

Thanks for the info there.

[Anonymous]

Pixelpunk,
I've been playing around with this package:

http://www.offsky.com/software/exif/index.php

Its a EXIF parser using straight php, so it removes the requirement for having exif compiled into php. It would probably solve the exif issues.

Chris
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[pixelpunk]

Thank you chris, I will take a look at this now.
If it works nice I'll definitely include it.

// punk

[pixelpunk]

It's sweet, it's going in.
Look forward to get better and more reliable exif information in the next update.

Thanks a bunch for the link.

// punk

[Anonymous]

No problem, I'm glad you'll be able to use it.

I'm looking forward to the next release.

Thanks,
Chris

[Bluelens]

Originally Posted by pixelpunk

Thank you chris, I will take a look at this now.
If it works nice I'll definitely include it.

// punk

Sweet!

I know that right now I do not have EXIF enabled on my PHP so this will be great. I have never been able to do EXIF info on any of the scripts I have used so what a welcomed treat.

[GregWilkerPhoto]

okay I checked in the Gen.Info. in my admin area

it says this:

PHP-version 4.3.1
MySQL version 3.23.43

GD-lib bundled (2.0 compatible)

Server software Apache

EXIF: Your php does not seem to be compiled with exif-enabled.

what can i do to correct this?

[pixelpunk]

Greg, you need to re-compile and set the flag --enable-exif.

However, I have extremely little time now but I do have a version on my harddrive that uses another way (mentioned above) to get exif info.
Since I have so litttle time now, this is a few weeks ahead. Maybe in a week, at the most just a couple of days into 2005.
After that release your php do not need to be compiled with that option, it seems to be rather rare that it is.

// punk

[GregWilkerPhoto]

thanks,

[Anonymous]

hi,

i see the "EXIF Your php does not seem to be compiled with exif-enabled" message...

so I cannot have Exif datas until my provides recompliles the PHP module, isn't it?

http://steff.altervista.org/fotoblog/

damn, pixelpost would be perfect with Exif data!

:roll: