iptcembed

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iptcembed - Embeds binary IPTC data into a JPEG image

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Example #1 Embedding IPTC data into a JPEG

<?php
// iptc_make_tag() function by Thies C. Arntzen
function iptc_make_tag($rec, $data, $value)
{
    $length = strlen($value);
    $retval = chr(0x1C) . chr($rec) . chr($data);
    if($length < 0x8000)
    {
        $retval .= chr($length >> 8) .  chr($length & 0xFF);
    }
    else
    {
        $retval .= chr(0x80) . 
                   chr(0x04) . 
                   chr(($length >> 24) & 0xFF) . 
                   chr(($length >> 16) & 0xFF) . 
                   chr(($length >> 8) & 0xFF) . 
                   chr($length & 0xFF);
    }
    return $retval . $value;
}
// Path to jpeg file
$path = './phplogo.jpg';
// Set the IPTC tags
$iptc = array(
    '2#120' => 'Test image',
    '2#116' => 'Copyright 2008-2009, The PHP Group'
);
// Convert the IPTC tags into binary code
$data = '';
foreach($iptc as $tag => $string)
{
    $tag = substr($tag, 2);
    $data .= iptc_make_tag(2, $tag, $string);
}
// Embed the IPTC data
$content = iptcembed($data, $path);
// Write the new image data out to the file.
$fp = fopen($path, "wb");
fwrite($fp, $content);
fclose($fp);

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Example #1 Embedding IPTC data into a JPEG

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