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# exif_imagetype

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

exif_imagetype -- Determine the type of an image

## Description

int exif_imagetype ( string filename )

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.

## ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
4.3.2 | Support for JPC, JP2, JPX, JB2, XBM, and WBMP
4.3.0 | Support for SWC

## Predefined Constants

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

Table 1. Imagetype Constants

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`

## Examples

Example 1. exif_imagetype() example
`<?php if (exif_imagetype('image.gif') != IMAGETYPE_GIF) { echo 'The picture is not a gif'; } ?>`

## See Also

getimagesize()

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