PHP exif_thumbnail function

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exif_thumbnail

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

exif_thumbnail() reads the embedded thumbnail of a
TIFF or JPEG image.

If you want to deliver thumbnails through this function, you should send
the mimetype information using the header() function.

It is possible that exif_thumbnail() cannot create an
image but can determine its size. In this case, the return value is
FALSE but width and height
are set.

The name of the image file being read. This image contains an
embedded thumbnail.

The return width of the returned thumbnail.

The returned height of the returned thumbnail.

The returned image type of the returned thumbnail. This is either
TIFF or JPEG.

Returns the embedded thumbnail, or FALSE if the image contains no
thumbnail.

Example 1. exif_thumbnail() example

if (array_key_exists('file', $_REQUEST)) {
    $image = exif_thumbnail($_REQUEST['file'], $width, $height, $type);
} else {
    $image = false;
}
if ($image!==false) {
    header('Content-type: ' .image_type_to_mime_type($type));
    echo $image;
    exit;
} else {
    // no thumbnail available, handle the error here
    echo 'No thumbnail available';
}