Gets extended image metadata, exif or iptc as available.
Description
Retrieves the EXIF metadata aperture, credit, camera, caption, copyright, iso created_timestamp, focal_length, shutter_speed, and title.
The IPTC metadata that is retrieved is APP13, credit, byline, created date and time, caption, copyright, and title. Also includes FNumber, Model, DateTimeDigitized, FocalLength, ISOSpeedRatings, and ExposureTime.
Parameters
$file
stringrequired
Source
function wp_read_image_metadata( $file ) {
if ( ! file_exists( $file ) ) {
return false;
}
list( , , $image_type ) = wp_getimagesize( $file );
/*
* EXIF contains a bunch of data we'll probably never need formatted in ways
* that are difficult to use. We'll normalize it and just extract the fields
* that are likely to be useful. Fractions and numbers are converted to
* floats, dates to unix timestamps, and everything else to strings.
*/
$meta = array(
'aperture' => 0,
'credit' => '',
'camera' => '',
'caption' => '',
'created_timestamp' => 0,
'copyright' => '',
'focal_length' => 0,
'iso' => 0,
'shutter_speed' => 0,
'title' => '',
'orientation' => 0,
'keywords' => array(),
);
$iptc = array();
$info = array();
/*
* Read IPTC first, since it might contain data not available in exif such
* as caption, description etc.
*/
if ( is_callable( 'iptcparse' ) ) {
wp_getimagesize( $file, $info );
if ( ! empty( $info['APP13'] ) ) {
// Don't silence errors when in debug mode, unless running unit tests.
if ( defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) && WP_DEBUG
&& ! defined( 'WP_RUN_CORE_TESTS' )
) {
$iptc = iptcparse( $info['APP13'] );
} else {
// Silencing notice and warning is intentional. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42480
$iptc = @iptcparse( $info['APP13'] );
}
if ( ! is_array( $iptc ) ) {
$iptc = array();
}
// Headline, "A brief synopsis of the caption".
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#105'][0] ) ) {
$meta['title'] = trim( $iptc['2#105'][0] );
/*
* Title, "Many use the Title field to store the filename of the image,
* though the field may be used in many ways".
*/
} elseif ( ! empty( $iptc['2#005'][0] ) ) {
$meta['title'] = trim( $iptc['2#005'][0] );
}
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#120'][0] ) ) { // Description / legacy caption.
$caption = trim( $iptc['2#120'][0] );
mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
$caption_length = strlen( $caption );
reset_mbstring_encoding();
if ( empty( $meta['title'] ) && $caption_length < 80 ) {
// Assume the title is stored in 2:120 if it's short.
$meta['title'] = $caption;
}
$meta['caption'] = $caption;
}
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#110'][0] ) ) { // Credit.
$meta['credit'] = trim( $iptc['2#110'][0] );
} elseif ( ! empty( $iptc['2#080'][0] ) ) { // Creator / legacy byline.
$meta['credit'] = trim( $iptc['2#080'][0] );
}
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#055'][0] ) && ! empty( $iptc['2#060'][0] ) ) { // Created date and time.
$meta['created_timestamp'] = strtotime( $iptc['2#055'][0] . ' ' . $iptc['2#060'][0] );
}
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#116'][0] ) ) { // Copyright.
$meta['copyright'] = trim( $iptc['2#116'][0] );
}
if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#025'][0] ) ) { // Keywords array.
$meta['keywords'] = array_values( $iptc['2#025'] );
}
}
}
$exif = array();
/**
* Filters the image types to check for exif data.
*
* @since 2.5.0
*
* @param int[] $image_types Array of image types to check for exif data. Each value
* is usually one of the `IMAGETYPE_*` constants.
*/
$exif_image_types = apply_filters( 'wp_read_image_metadata_types', array( IMAGETYPE_JPEG, IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II, IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM ) );
if ( is_callable( 'exif_read_data' ) && in_array( $image_type, $exif_image_types, true ) ) {
// Don't silence errors when in debug mode, unless running unit tests.
if ( defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) && WP_DEBUG
&& ! defined( 'WP_RUN_CORE_TESTS' )
) {
$exif = exif_read_data( $file );
} else {
// Silencing notice and warning is intentional. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42480
$exif = @exif_read_data( $file );
}
if ( ! is_array( $exif ) ) {
$exif = array();
}
$exif_description = '';
$exif_usercomment = '';
if ( ! empty( $exif['ImageDescription'] ) ) {
$exif_description = trim( $exif['ImageDescription'] );
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['COMPUTED']['UserComment'] ) ) {
$exif_usercomment = trim( $exif['COMPUTED']['UserComment'] );
}
if ( $exif_description ) {
mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
$description_length = strlen( $exif_description );
reset_mbstring_encoding();
if ( empty( $meta['title'] ) && $description_length < 80 ) {
// Assume the title is stored in ImageDescription.
$meta['title'] = $exif_description;
}
// If both user comments and description are present.
if ( empty( $meta['caption'] ) && $exif_description && $exif_usercomment ) {
if ( ! empty( $meta['title'] ) && $exif_description === $meta['title'] ) {
$caption = $exif_usercomment;
} else {
if ( $exif_description === $exif_usercomment ) {
$caption = $exif_description;
} else {
$caption = trim( $exif_description . ' ' . $exif_usercomment );
}
}
$meta['caption'] = $caption;
}
if ( empty( $meta['caption'] ) && $exif_usercomment ) {
$meta['caption'] = $exif_usercomment;
}
if ( empty( $meta['caption'] ) ) {
$meta['caption'] = $exif_description;
}
} elseif ( empty( $meta['caption'] ) && $exif_usercomment ) {
$meta['caption'] = $exif_usercomment;
$description_length = strlen( $exif_usercomment );
if ( empty( $meta['title'] ) && $description_length < 80 ) {
$meta['title'] = trim( $exif_usercomment );
}
} elseif ( empty( $meta['caption'] ) && ! empty( $exif['Comments'] ) ) {
$meta['caption'] = trim( $exif['Comments'] );
}
if ( empty( $meta['credit'] ) ) {
if ( ! empty( $exif['Artist'] ) ) {
$meta['credit'] = trim( $exif['Artist'] );
} elseif ( ! empty( $exif['Author'] ) ) {
$meta['credit'] = trim( $exif['Author'] );
}
}
if ( empty( $meta['copyright'] ) && ! empty( $exif['Copyright'] ) ) {
$meta['copyright'] = trim( $exif['Copyright'] );
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['FNumber'] ) && is_scalar( $exif['FNumber'] ) ) {
$meta['aperture'] = round( wp_exif_frac2dec( $exif['FNumber'] ), 2 );
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['Model'] ) ) {
$meta['camera'] = trim( $exif['Model'] );
}
if ( empty( $meta['created_timestamp'] ) && ! empty( $exif['DateTimeDigitized'] ) ) {
$meta['created_timestamp'] = wp_exif_date2ts( $exif['DateTimeDigitized'] );
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['FocalLength'] ) ) {
$meta['focal_length'] = (string) $exif['FocalLength'];
if ( is_scalar( $exif['FocalLength'] ) ) {
$meta['focal_length'] = (string) wp_exif_frac2dec( $exif['FocalLength'] );
}
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['ISOSpeedRatings'] ) ) {
$meta['iso'] = is_array( $exif['ISOSpeedRatings'] ) ? reset( $exif['ISOSpeedRatings'] ) : $exif['ISOSpeedRatings'];
$meta['iso'] = trim( $meta['iso'] );
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['ExposureTime'] ) ) {
$meta['shutter_speed'] = (string) $exif['ExposureTime'];
if ( is_scalar( $exif['ExposureTime'] ) ) {
$meta['shutter_speed'] = (string) wp_exif_frac2dec( $exif['ExposureTime'] );
}
}
if ( ! empty( $exif['Orientation'] ) ) {
$meta['orientation'] = $exif['Orientation'];
}
}
foreach ( array( 'title', 'caption', 'credit', 'copyright', 'camera', 'iso' ) as $key ) {
if ( $meta[ $key ] && ! seems_utf8( $meta[ $key ] ) ) {
$meta[ $key ] = utf8_encode( $meta[ $key ] );
}
}
foreach ( $meta['keywords'] as $key => $keyword ) {
if ( ! seems_utf8( $keyword ) ) {
$meta['keywords'][ $key ] = utf8_encode( $keyword );
}
}
$meta = wp_kses_post_deep( $meta );
/**
* Filters the array of meta data read from an image's exif data.
*
* @since 2.5.0
* @since 4.4.0 The `$iptc` parameter was added.
* @since 5.0.0 The `$exif` parameter was added.
*
* @param array $meta Image meta data.
* @param string $file Path to image file.
* @param int $image_type Type of image, one of the `IMAGETYPE_XXX` constants.
* @param array $iptc IPTC data.
* @param array $exif EXIF data.
*/
return apply_filters( 'wp_read_image_metadata', $meta, $file, $image_type, $iptc, $exif );
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘wp_read_image_metadata’,
array $meta ,string $file ,int $image_type ,array $iptc ,array $exif ) Filters the array of meta data read from an image’s exif data.
- apply_filters( ‘wp_read_image_metadata_types’,
int[] $image_types ) Filters the image types to check for exif data.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
2.5.0 | Introduced. |
When you receive error upon calling this function
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_read_image_metadata() ...
Make sure to include the
wp-admin/includes/image.php
file