Automatic image format detection in PHP - php

Question

I am looking for a way to take a user uploaded image that is currently put in a temporary location ex: /tmp/jkhjkh78 and create a php image from it, autodetecting the format.
Is there a more clever way to do this than a bunch of try/catching with imagefromjpeg, imagefrompng, etc?

Answer 1

This is one of the functions of getimagesize. They probably should have called it "getimageinfo", but that's PHP for you.

Answer 2

//Image Processing
$cover = $_FILES['cover']['name'];
$cover_tmp_name = $_FILES['cover']['tmp_name'];
$cover_img_path = '/images/';
$type = exif_imagetype($cover_tmp_name);
if ($type == (IMAGETYPE_PNG || IMAGETYPE_JPEG || IMAGETYPE_GIF || IMAGETYPE_BMP)) {
$cover_pre_name = md5($cover); //Just to make a image name random and cool :D
/**
* #description : possible exif_imagetype() return values in $type
* 1 - gif image
* 2 - jpg image
* 3 - png image
* 6 - bmp image
*/
switch ($type) { #There are more type you can choose. Take a look in php manual -> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exif-imagetype.php
case '1' :
$cover_format = 'gif';
break;
case '2' :
$cover_format = 'jpg';
break;
case '3' :
$cover_format = 'png';
break;
case '6' :
$cover_format = 'bmp';
break;
default :
die('There is an error processing the image -> please try again with a new image');
break;
}
$cover_name = $cover_pre_name . '.' . $cover_format;
//Checks whether the uploaded file exist or not
if (file_exists($cover_img_path . $cover_name)) {
$extra = 1;
while (file_exists($cover_img_path . $cover_name)) {
$cover_name = md5($cover) . $extra . '.' . $cover_format;
$extra++;
}
}
//Image Processing Ends
this will make image name look cool and unique

Answer 3

Use exif_imagetype() if it's available ..:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exif-imagetype.php
I'm pretty sure exif functions are available by default (i.e. you have to specifically exclude them rather than specifically include them) when you install php

Answer 4

You could try finfo_file(), apparently an improved version of mime_content_type().
Edit: OK, getimagesize() is better..

Answer 5

You can call a system command (if you're under linux/unix), file if you like:
kender#eira:~$ file a
a: JPEG image data, EXIF standard 2.2

Answer 6

This will help you to know the Extension as well as result based on condition
$image_file = 'http://foo.com/images.gif';
$extension = substr($image_file, -4); if($extension == ".jpg"){ echo 'Its a JPG Image.'; } else { echo 'Its not a JPG Image.'; }

Answer 7

People are recommending using getimagesize() but the documentation reads:
Caution This function expects filename to be a valid image file. If a
non-image file is supplied, it may be incorrectly detected as an image
and the function will return successfully, but the array may contain
nonsensical values.
Do not use getimagesize() to check that a given file is a valid image.
Use a purpose-built solution such as the Fileinfo extension instead.
The relevant function in the Fileinfo extension is finfo_file():
string finfo_file ( resource $finfo , string $file_name = NULL
[, int $options = FILEINFO_NONE [, resource $context = NULL ]] )
Returns a textual description of the contents of the file_name
argument, or FALSE if an error occurred.
Example return values given are: text/html, image/gif, application/vnd.ms-excel
However, comments on the official documentation page warn that this shouldn't be relied on for validation either.