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Thanks for clearing that up CaveyCoUk. The $exif_data doesn't work in all cases but is the best fit for my problem. Thanks!
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Thanks for clearing that up CaveyCoUk. The $exif_data doesn't work in all cases but is the best fit for my problem. Thanks!

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Dear experts<br />
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I am working on an image file upload script that attempts to read the date the image was taken from the uploaded file array.<br />
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I found the 'filemdate' function on php.net and attempted to use it with the following results:<br />
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With filemdate($_FILES['ImgFile<wbr />'][tmp_nam<wbr />e]) this just returns the current date (I'm guessing because it was modified when uploaded to the temp dir). <br />
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With filemdate($_FILES['ImgFile<wbr />'][name] I get: 'Warning: filemtime(): Stat failed for 100_0436.jpg (errno=2 - No such file or directory)'.<br />
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Can anyone help?<br />
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Dear experts

I am working on an image file upload script that attempts to read the date the image was taken from the uploaded file array.

I found the 'filemdate' function on php.net and attempted to use it with the following results:

With filemdate($_FILES['ImgFile'][tmp_name]) this just returns the current date (I'm guessing because it was modified when uploaded to the temp dir). 

With filemdate($_FILES['ImgFile'][name] I get: 'Warning: filemtime(): Stat failed for 100_0436.jpg (errno=2 - No such file or directory)'.

Can anyone help?



Can I get the date a picture was taken from $FILES array?

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