On Sunday 26 February 2006 10:59, Sameer N Ingole wrote: > In PHP its not easy to keep EXIF data of JPEG or TIF files as it is if > you use PHP functions to recreate the temporary files in some dir. > > Basically when you use tempnam() it creates a temporary file. To get the > thumbnails you must rewrite the resized file to some place (if you want > real thumbnail image). You cannot preserve exif data with any of PHP > functions available. You probably have to use some specially developed > code to write exif data. I tried this class > > http://www.zonageek.com/software/php/jpeg/ > > I tried to use it but either it could not write all the exif data or I > was not calling required functions properly.. It requires pear.. > > Other you can try is http://pel.sourceforge.net/ > > But both of these will require you to write a resized image and then > write exif data (common for both, original and resized) retrieved from > the original image to the new thumbnail you generated with additional > image specific exif info. > > Best is to maintain thumbnails.. with exif data written in it too. > > Regards, > Thank you for your answer. I wasn't trying to write exif data to an image, just to read it. I've got it all working now. //Niels -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php