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exif_imagetype

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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Determine the type of an image

Description

exif_imagetype(string $filename): int|false

exif_imagetype() reads the first bytes of an image and checks its signature.

exif_imagetype() can be used to avoid calls to other exif functions with unsupported file types or in conjunction with $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] to check whether or not the viewer is able to see a specific image in the browser.

Parameters

filename: The image being checked.

Return Values

When a correct signature is found, the appropriate constant value will be returned otherwise the return value is false. The return value is the same value that getimagesize() returns in index 2 but exif_imagetype() is much faster.

The following constants are defined, and represent possible exif_imagetype() return values:

Value	Constant
1	`IMAGETYPE_GIF`
2	`IMAGETYPE_JPEG`
3	`IMAGETYPE_PNG`
4	`IMAGETYPE_SWF`
5	`IMAGETYPE_PSD`
6	`IMAGETYPE_BMP`
7	`IMAGETYPE_TIFF_II` (intel byte order)
8	`IMAGETYPE_TIFF_MM` (motorola byte order)
9	`IMAGETYPE_JPC`
10	`IMAGETYPE_JP2`
11	`IMAGETYPE_JPX`
12	`IMAGETYPE_JB2`
13	`IMAGETYPE_SWC`
14	`IMAGETYPE_IFF`
15	`IMAGETYPE_WBMP`
16	`IMAGETYPE_XBM`
17	`IMAGETYPE_ICO`
18	`IMAGETYPE_WEBP`
19	`IMAGETYPE_AVIF`
20	`IMAGETYPE_HEIF`

Note

exif_imagetype() will emit an E_NOTICE and return false if it is unable to read enough bytes from the file to determine the image type.

Changelog

Version	Description
7.1.0	Added WebP support.
8.1.0	Added AVIF support.
8.5.0	Added HEIF support.

Examples

exif_imagetype() example

php

<?php
if (exif_imagetype('image.gif') != IMAGETYPE_GIF) {
    echo 'The picture is not a gif';
}
?>