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sagittariusx/beluga.drawing.image.exif
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Some tools for easy getting image EXIF and IPTC meta data

0.1.0(9y ago)04LGPLv3PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Aug 25Pushed 9y agoCompare

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Beluga.Drawing.Image.Exif
=========================

[](#belugadrawingimageexif)

Some tools for easy getting image EXIF and IPTC meta data

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require sagittariusx/beluga.drawing.image.exif
```

or include it inside you're composer.json

```
{
   "require": {
      "sagittariusx/beluga.drawing.image.exif": "^0.1.0"
   }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

If you want to load some EXIF and/or IPTC data from an image you can do it by 4 different ways:

### With PHP only

[](#with-php-only)

```
// Init the PHP only loader that get the data directly without requirement of some PHP extensions or something else
$loader = new \Beluga\Drawing\Image\Exif\Loader\PHP();

// Load the META data from a image
$data = $loader->load( __DIR__ . '/IMG_0169-2.JPG' );

// Debug output the META data
print_r( $data );
```

### With ExifTool

[](#with-exiftool)

If you have installed the exiftool (available for Win, MAC and Linux) commandline utility you can use it to get more detailed META data.

```
// Init the loader
$loader = new \Beluga\Drawing\Image\Exif\Loader\ExifTool();

if ( ! $loader->isConfigured() )
{
   // Exiftool is not known to the system, declare it manually
   try
   {
      $loader->configure( [ 'path' => '\usr\local\bin\exiftool' ] );
   }
   catch ( \Throwable $ex ) { echo $ex; exit; }
}

if ( ! $loader->isConfigured() )
{
   // The loader for exiftool is not configured right
   // Use the PHP loader as fallback. It will always do the job
   $loader = new \Beluga\Drawing\Image\Exif\Loader\PHP();
}

// Load the META data from a image
$data = $loader->load( __DIR__ . '/IMG_0169-2.JPG' );

// Debug output the META data
print_r( $data );
```

### With ExiV2

[](#with-exiv2)

Its the same like exiftool but with the `exiv2` executable.

### With JSON sidecar files

[](#with-json-sidecar-files)

If the images have sidecar files with JSON format, that declares the image META data, this load is the right one.

If the image has for example the name `foo.jpg` it will use the sidecar files `foo.jpg.json` or `foo.json`

```
// Init the JSon sidecar files loader
$loader = new \Beluga\Drawing\Image\Exif\Loader\JSon();

// Load the META data from a image
$data = $loader->load( __DIR__ . '/IMG_0169-2.JPG' );

// Debug output the META data
print_r( $data );
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3596d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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