Re: Re: IPTC image comments utility

Andy Crain wrote:

This might help: http://pear.php.net/package/Image_IPTC Andy

Thanks, I don't know why I didn't find that. No documentation though and some unfamiliar stuff with @ and references to other commands which I guess this replaces (not sure). If so I can't figure out how to run the thing. Below is some snippage from the code trying to get at how to use it. I'm still interested in whether I can get the perl module to run with PHP, it sounds like it may be a bit more reliable. I've got perl loaded but don't know how to use it. <snippage> * This class encapsulates the functions iptcparse() and iptcembed(). It provides * the necessary methods for extracting, modifying, and saving IPTC data with * image files (JPEG and TIFF files only). class Image_IPTC

    var $_sFilename = null;

    var $_aIPTC = array();
    * The IPTC fields that were extracted from the image
    * or updated by this class.

    var $_bIPTCParse = false;
    * set to true if the APP header data could be obtained.

iptcparse (places where I saw this) http://us4.php.net/iptcparse

    function Image_IPTC( $sFilename )
               $this->_aIPTC = @iptcparse($aAPP['APP13']);
               $this->_bIPTCParse = true;
    function isValid()
        return $this->_bIPTCParse;
    function getAllTags()
        return $this->_aIPTC;
      * An array of IPTC fields as it extracted by iptcparse()

iptcembed (places where I saw this) http://us4.php.net/iptcembed one comment refers to the Image::IPTCInfo Perl module -undocumented, some serious compatibility problems, improper format

    function save( $sOutputFile = null )
        $sImageData = @iptcembed($sIPTCBlock, $this->_sFilename, 0);
    function output()
        @iptcembed($sIPTCBlock, $this->_sFilename, 2);

Paul Furman wrote: OK this looks like the thing: http://multipart-mixed.com/photo/iptc.html It's a perl module. Can I use that in PHP?