> > I have some images in a database -- I mean, the actual data. There are no > > files. > > > > I want to read Exif data for these images, but the read_exif_data() > > function wants a file. I suppose I could write the images to temp files, > > but that's a bit wasteful. And where would I write them? Is there a folder > > I can count on being allowed to write to? > > > Answering myself: I solved this with tempnam(). I'm not completely sure > about the portability, and of course it's a waste to write a file at all. > And it could pose a security problem as well. Ho hum.
You only need to do it once - then store it back in the database. That info isn't going to change. When you store the image in the database you can get the info and store it then. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
