Posted by Andy Hassall on 09/07/05 00:00

On 6 Sep 2005 12:39:36 -0700, goldtech@worldpost.com wrote:

>Right-click on a jpeg in XP click "summary" tab and there are metadata
>fields. My questions are:
>
>How can I extract this data for each jpeg?

http://uk.php.net/exif

>Is this exif data is it some proprietary MS format?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=exif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif

>If I have hundreds of images is it possible to "program" this ie. loop
>and put data in a flat text file?

Yes. The following functions would cover most of this.

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.opendir.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.while.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.exif-read-data.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.fclose.php

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