Getting exif data from all images in a directory using PHP

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I am currently trying to display geolocation of images from a directory, I have managed to display a location for a single image however I'm not sure how to change the code so it reads several files opposed to one. Anyone know? Appreciate your responses.

$exif = exif_read_data("DSCN0010.jpg", 'ANY_TAG', true);

I have tried the following however this doesn't work

$exif = exif_read_data(".metadata images/", 'ANY_TAG', true);

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 27 '20 at 03:38

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You can use the glob() function to get an array of filenames that match a pattern. For example, glob('images/*.jpeg') will return an array of all the JPEG files in the “images” directory. Then you can loop through the filenames and extract the EXIF data from each file.

edited Jul 27 '20 at 03:38

Dexter

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answered Feb 19 '18 at 00:03

Chris H.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 00:00

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Use scandir to get array of files in the directory: http://php.net/scandir

And then use exif_read_data for each file individually.

answered Feb 19 '18 at 00:00

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function get_image_location($image = ''){ $dir = './metadata images'; $files1 = scandir($dir); $exif = exif_read_data("files1", 'ANY_TAG', true); this gives me an error – Gurps Singh Feb 19 '18 at 01:30
Warning: exif_read_data() expects parameter 1 to be a valid path, array given in – Gurps Singh Feb 19 '18 at 01:32
you neet to loop over the results of `scandir()` and read exif info one by one – Renka Feb 24 '18 at 13:27

Getting exif data from all images in a directory using PHP

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